FOUR SILVER-GILT GERMAN 'SNAKESKIN' BEAKERS, VARIOUS MAKERS, AUGSBURG AND NUREMBERG, 1650-1700
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November 11, 04:08 PM GTNN
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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FOUR SILVER-GILT GERMAN 'SNAKESKIN' BEAKERS, VARIOUS MAKERS, AUGSBURG AND NUREMBERG, 1650-1700
the first, Christof Bantzer, Augsburg, 1645-50, with plain rim, 9.4cm., 3 3/4 in. high; the second, Thomas Ringler, Nuremberg, circa 1670, with plain rim, 9cm., 3 1/2in. high; the third, possibly Jakob Hollhagen, Augsburg, circa 1650, with gilt rim, 9.3cm., 3 1/2 in. high; the fourth, Johann Betz, Augsburg, 1697-99, with plain rim
8.1cm., 3¼in. high
567gr., 18oz. 5dwt. total
Otto F. Ernst, Gold-und Silberschmiedearbeiten 15 -19. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden, 1969, pg. 16, no's. 72 and 73