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Silver - 26. March 2012
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1147   A160/1783
SUITE OF 6 CANDLESTICKS,
Basel circa 1730 and 1770.
4 with maker's mark: Johann Peter Schaltenbrand.
2 with maker's mark: Hans Georg Mueller.
With supplemented, detachable nozzles. H 18.5 cm. Total weight: 2115 g

Sold for CHF 31 900 (commission included)

1147   A160/1659
SOLID SILVER HELMET JUG,
GIFT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO COUNT GEORG HERBERT ZU MÜNSTER,London, Robert Garrard, 1873. On the occasion of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. With the inscription: ' PRESENTED by HER MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA, TO COUNT, G.H.MUNSTER, on the occasion of the Marriage of their ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. 1879' and a portrait of the wedded couple in a medallion. Marked for Robert Garrard, London, 1873. With original wooden case.
H 48 cm.


Sold for CHF 43 200 (commission included)

1147   A160/1722
GOBLET,

Burgdorf 1st half of the 17th century. Parcel gilt.
With maker's mark.
With the inscription: ANDRES HEREN THVT DISENBACHER DER METZGER GESELSCHVT ZV THVN VOR EHREN 1627.
H 20.2 cm. 192 g.

Sold for CHF 39 900 (commission included)



1147   A160/1771
EWER AND BASIN,
Paris um 1725.
Paris, circa 1725.Maker's mark: Etienne Guyard.
H ewer 26.5 cm. L basin 44 cm. Total weight: 2758 g.


Sold for CHF 72 000 (commission included)
1147   A160/1817
RUSSIAN TROIKA,
St. Petersburg 1883.
Maker's mark: Pavel Sasikov (widow)
With assay master's mark.

Sold for CHF 26 400 (commission included)
1147   A160/1814
TRAVEL SET,
St. Petersburg 1873.
Assay master's mark: I.E.
Maker's mark: Sasikow.

Sold for CHF 31 200 (commission included)
1147   A160/1898
SILVER-GILT GOBLET AND COVER,
Augsburg, 19th century.
Maker's mark: Franz Carl Schmedding.

Sold for CHF 13 700 (commission included)