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
