A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-1
A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-2
A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-1A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-2

Lot 462 Dα

A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.700 €
Result: 2.268 € (incl. premium)

A Bregenz silver gilt snakeskin beaker

Tapering beaker with moulded rim, the outer surface decorated to resemble snakeskin. H 9.5 cm, weight 153 g.
Marks of Michael Braendlin, around 1670.

Literature

For this maker see Rittmeyer, Von den Bregenzer Goldschmieden, in: Montfort, Vierteljahresschrift für Geschichte, Heimat und Volkskunde Vorarlsbergs, Bregenz 1966, issue 2, p. 374.