Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Stockholm Silver gilt and Filigree Beaker.



A Late 17th Century Swedish Silver gilt Silver Filigree Beaker.

It would originally have had a lid.

Marks for Stockholm, 1698.

and later marks St Peterburg 1780,  Y. BOROVSHIKOV.


Height 12 cm, diam. 9 cm.

For comparison, two similar beakers were donated by King Charles XII of Swe
den to Tsar Peter the Great in 1699.


Lot 249 - 18  Dec 2024 -  Wannenes Art Auctions, Milan, Italy.

I have written at some length on this form of Scandinavian beaker.

see - https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-late-17th-century-silver-and-silver.html









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