Auction 56 · Lot 8
AN ITALIAN SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- $23,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
summary
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).