Live Auction 5927Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
Lot 371

A GERMAN ENGRAVED AND GILT ARMORIAL TAZZA

FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

Closed29 September 2009

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GBP 562

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A GERMAN ENGRAVED AND GILT ARMORIAL TAZZA
FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Engraved with two crowned coats-of-arms and flower-sprays, on a baluster stem and folded conical foot
7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) diam.

Plesch collection (Gt 20); acquired from Henrich in Frankfurt a.M., November 1963.

Specialist note

The coat-of-arms with crescent moon and half-star is probably Von Friese of Saxony.