An Augsburg silver gilt ewer and basin
Marks of Johann Erhard II Heuglin, 1724 – 1728
H of pitcher 21; L of basin 36.5; W 25.5 cm, total weight 963 g.
A facetted and fluted oval bowl engraved with régence decor to the moulded rim. The matching pitcher decorated with busts of Roman emperors rests on a raised platform to the centre. A small crack to the rim of the pitcher. H of pitcher 21; L of basin 36.5; W 25.5 cm, total weight 963 g.
Marks of Johann Erhard II Heuglin, 1724 – 1728.
Provenance
Formerly Emil M. Huennebeck Collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Cf. parts of a toilette set by Heuglins made for Empress Amalie, now in the treasury of the Münchener Residenz, illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 1023). Cf. a toilette service for the Mecklenburg court illus. in cat.: Silber und Gold, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, no. 120.
Exhibitions
Ein rheinischer Silberschatz, Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz, Cologne, May – July 1980, no. 72.