AN ITALIAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
AUCTION 56 |
Thursday, December 06th,
2012 at 1:00
Magnificent Judaica: From the Collection of the Jewish Historial Society of England
Lot 8
AN ITALIAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $23,000
Venice or Padua, 18th-century.
Silver spice container formed as a goblet with detachable cover of shaped outline, the whole pierced with alternating floral motifs. The cover with vase of flowers finial. Baluster stem and fluted circular foot of shaped outline.
Marks: Several, including VL and BG with fleur-de-lis between.
Height: 10 3/4 inches (27.6 cm).
Grimwade’s Inventory notes that this was “probably for a member of the Gaap Family working in Venice and Padua” (no. 19-39).