A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BUNCH OF GRAPES CUP AND COVER, HANS WEBER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1609-29

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BUNCH OF GRAPES CUP AND COVER, HANS WEBER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1609-29

typical lobed form, with sheet scroll foliate finial, the stem as a twisted flowering vine between sheet-scroll work, on a spreading lobed circular foot, marked only to body
29.2cm.,11½in. high
232.5gr., 7oz. 8dwt.

Condition Report:
Cover does not sit completely flush to the body. Marks slightly distorted to the rim of the body. sheet scroll finial with repair to flower. The thread on the cover has been strengthened. The gilt section of the finial is later and possibly gilt metal. A couple of repairs to the cover and body. The gilding has been refreshed.

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