An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-1
An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-2
An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-1An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-2

Lot 421 Dα

An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.300 € (incl. premium)

An early Augsburg silver gilt snakeskin beaker

Tapering beaker with moulded rim, the outer surface decorated to resemble snakeskin. H 10 cm, weight 173 g.
Marks of Hans Schaffeytel, 1610 - 1612.

Provenance

Galerie Neuse, Bremen 2001; Westphalian private collection.

Literature

Cf. a beaker and cover by this maker in the Bavarian National Museum, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 118.