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A Swedish parcel-gilt silver drinking cup/bowl, mark of Henrik Wittkopf the elder, Stockholm 1749.
Estimate
25 000 - 30 000 SEK
2 230 - 2 680 EUR
2 270 - 2 720 USD
Hammer price
26 000 SEK
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A Swedish parcel-gilt silver drinking cup/bowl, mark of Henrik Wittkopf the elder, Stockholm 1749.
Round bowl with fruit- and floral decorated handle. Gilded inside as well as the handle and the upper part of the bowl's exterior. Engraved initials CGL on the body. Underneath, engraved weight 35 1/2 (lod) and crossed out 27 3/4, along with owner's stampmark Liwen. Inside, the von Liwen coat of arms and owner's initials CGL (probably for Carl Gustaf Liwen, born 1722). Height 6.2 cm. Diameter 14 cm. Weight 287 g.
Literature
Ed. Olle Granath, "Svenskt silver från renässans till rokoko", compare a similar one by Daniel Ekman in the collection at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, NM 141/197 ill. at p. 54.