An Augsburg silver gilt rosewater bowl for the von Preysing counts

An Augsburg silver gilt rosewater bowl for the von Preysing counts A large, shaped dish with a moulded rim. With Régence bird and trophy decor beneath canopies and eight relief medallions to the centre. The raised platform in the centre originally held the pitcher, now lost, decorated with a finely chased relief of Neptune and Amphitrite amid hyppocamps and nereids. Beneath which the engraved coat-of-arms of the counts of Preysing with the cross of the Bavarian Royal Order of Saint George. Diameter 61.5 cm, weight 3,150 g. Marks of Johann Erhard II Heuglin, 1724 - 1728.

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Ø 61,5 cm · vikt 3,2 g