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Lot 603 Dα

A museum quality Dresden silver gilt beaker

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 10:30 - Silver
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.560 € (incl. premium)
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A museum quality Dresden silver gilt beaker

Round domed base with a palmette frieze supporting a tapering beaker clasped by a repoussé collar decorated with three finely chased faun's head mascarons amid cord patterns and shellwork. H 12.8 cm, weight 257 g.
Marks of Aegidius Bichel, 1709 - 1711.

Born in Königsberg in East Prussia, Bichel (also spellt Püchel or Pichell) made a name for himself primarily as an ornamental engraver. His series of prints depicting foliage, friezes and cartouches, published in Augsburg, can today be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, among others.

Provenance

Fritz Payer art dealership, Zurich, 1994; private collection, west Germany.

Literature

For this maker cf. Walter Holzhausen, Goldschmiedekunst in Dresden, Tübingen 1966, p. LXXI.