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Lot 522 Dα

An Augsburg Régence silver gilt travel cutlery set

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 10:30 - Silver
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €

An Augsburg Régence silver gilt travel cutlery set

Comprised of a knife, fork, two-pronged fork and four-pronged fork, marrow spoon, spice cruet, egg cup, toothpick case, serviette clip and oval dish. All pieces engraved with strapwork. The cruet with separate lidded compartments. In the original leather bound case lined with old green velvet. L of knife 24.5; of spoon 18.5 cm. H of dish 2.5; W 11.7; D 7.8 cm. W of case 26.5; D 16 cm, total weight of set 1,080 g.
Marks of Johann IV Beckert, 1734 - 1739.

Literature

Cf. a similar Augsburg set in the Museum Schloss Fasanerie, illus. in cat. Silber auf Reisen, Fulda 1991, no. 26. For this type cf. also Seling 1980 no. 950 f.