A German Silver Gilt Spoon
This silver gilt spoon presents a wonderful example of the baroque eating culture of the end of 17th century from Augsburg. The maker is Abraham Mair....
This silver gilt spoon presents a wonderful example of the baroque eating culture of the end of 17th century from Augsburg. The maker is Abraham Mair....
Silver herm-like figure spoon refers to a pier shaft with mounted head and shoulders. Edged oval handle on completion with female Herm. Made in Zurich, c. 1630....
The slightly conical silver beaker is a typical example of English silver from the period of Charles II’s reign (1660-1685)....
The decoration of the snuff box is faithful to the rococo style. One could think that this enamel box was taken when hunting, due to the animal décor it shows....
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....
The present, silver-gilt German drinking bowl is with inset coins of Polish dukes and earls. The drinking bowl was often used for drinking wine or brandy....
In the early eighteenth century, French snuff boxes (tabatières) made of gold and enamel or of other precious materials, were quite fashionably in Germany. Boxes, namely snuff boxes, which are decorated like this present one, are usually attributed to the workshop of the Huguenot Pierre...
This baroque silver spice-box with two spice compartments and cover on four rocailles feet from Augsburg around 1700 is made by Johann Heinrich Mannlich....
The beaker presents a typical form for the German baroque period made in Augsburg, 1697/99. The maker is Johann Jakob Petrus....
This silver partly-gilt snuff box has a rectangular form and shows typical Rococo ornamentation. Made in Potsdam c. 1770 by Chr. Fr. Müller....