Silver - Day 2 - 18th July 2012

Lot 784

A German silver-gilt beaker and cover

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £5800

+ Buyers Premium

Description

A German silver-gilt beaker and cover, unmarked, probably 19th century, circular form, central girdle, below a chased foliate scroll border, the pull-off cover with similar decoration and embossed with three oval lobes, the finial modelled as a putto holding a lamb, the interior of the cover embossed with two classical busts, the inside of the bowl with a putto, on a raised foot with masks and foliate decoration, height 16cm, approx. weight 11.5oz.