Monday 28 October 2024

A Baroque Silver Filigree Holy Water Stoop.

 

A Baroque Parcel Gilt Silver Filigree Holy water Stoop.

17th/ 18th Century


 H without plinth 15.3; W 8 cm.

Designed as a hemi-spherical bowl with flat cover on three curved supports. Richly decorated with filigree tendril motifs. The oval back panel with corresponding decor surrounding Christ's monogram and a small gilded Corpus Christi. On an associated ebonised wood plinth, the original glass or metal inset lost.

Unmarked, Lempertz suggest Southern Germany, presumably Schwäbisch Gmünd, 17th/18th C.


For sale with Lempertz, Koln, Germany.

Lot  575, 15 November 2024.


https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1253-1/575-a-baroque-parcel-gilt-silver-holy-water-stoop.html















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