With motif "Moses in the reeds". Length 49 cm, width 39 cm, weight 650 grams.
Splits.
The motif probably represents Moses in the reeds (Exodus chapter 2), not as previously stated The Holy Family.
Falk Simon collection no 106.
Property from a Distinguished Swedish Private Collection.
Ed. Allan Rosval, "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1929, ill. at p.115 and described pp. 126-127.
Gustaf Munthe, "Falk Simon's silver collection", 1938, cat.no. 40, ill. Pl. 64 and described p. 92.
Svenskt Silversmide, Volume II (1700-1780), 1941-45, ill. cat no. 43 and 44, described p. 37-38.
We would like to thank Sven-Göran Johansson for a new assessment of the motif.