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Lot 554 Dα

A South American silver kettle

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.700 €
Bid

A South American silver kettle

Baluster-form vessel with hinged lid, decorated with a large palmette frieze and finely engraved tendrils. H without handle 13.5 cm, weight 1,044 g.
Unmarked, South America, 18th C.

Provenance

Berlin private collection.

Literature

Cf. cat. Silberschätze aus Südamerika 1700 - 1900, Munich 1981, no. 200.