Cup in the shape of a ship (Nef), silver gilt
Cup in the shape of a ship (Nef), silver gilt...
Further interesting antique silver objects of the table culture and also of the everyday life; toilet services or sets for ladies of the high society; travelling necessaires with their silver content dating back to as early as the seventeenth and eighteenth century; cutlery set made of silver and other fascinating cabinet of art and tableware silver collection pieces, can be found here.
Cup in the shape of a ship (Nef), silver gilt...
Silver, partly gilt. Conical beaker with a profiled lip on a flat base. The wall with fine snakeskin embossing. The domed lid with corresponding decoration and large ball knob with sawn and engraved foliage...
In addition to the large travel services with extensive equipment, the Augsburg travel-set “Mundzeug” are of particular importance in the 18th century....
Such magnificently designed silver drinking vessels were considered a special highlight of early modern drinking culture. Used to present status at court, whilst also being popular from the princely court to the patriciate of the leading imperial cities. Placed in a prominent position in front...
Rare silver screw-top bottle from Transylvania, around 1690...
The spherical body of the chandelier is completely symmetrical and consists of a pear-shaped, highly oval shape that is constricted at the top and bottom...
Butter dish, silver, with remains of the original gilding....
Neoclassical silver glass cooler - monteith bowl - from the property of Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Made in Augsburg 1804/5 by Gustav Fr. Gerich....
Silver gilt Prussian chamberlain key with the initials "FWR" ("Friedrich Wilhelm Rex" most probably for Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia). Berlin c. 1800....
The Lamentation theme belongs to the so-called devotional pictures, appeared in German sculpture since c. 1300. This silver Lamentation is made in Augsburg c. 1626 by Abraham II Lotter....
This set of objects, silver-gilt, originate from a toilette service, made in Augsburg, at the beginning of the eighteenth century....
This French travelling nécessaire from the end of the 18th century has fittings in vermeil (silver-gilt) from Strasbourg. The case, covered with green leather, is original. Maker: François Daniel Imlin....
This silver, partly-gilt ladle decorated with inset coins (coin ladle) is a rare object from Güstrow of the early 18th century. Maker: Caspar Joh. Livonius....
This fine early German silver-gilt jug with lid was made in Leipzig in 1626/8 in the style of the German auricular decoration by Andreas Kauxdorf the Elder....