A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH
MARK OF DAVID BESSMANN, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1660
Hexagonal, the centre chased with a figure of Father Time within clouds holding a scythe, within lobed border and band of scrolling flowers and foliage, with beaded edge and crimped rim, marked near rim, the rim further marked with a later Dutch tax mark
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) diam.
15 oz. 4 dwt. (472 gr.)
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH
MARK OF DAVID BESSMANN, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1660
Hexagonal, the centre chased with a figure of Father Time within clouds holding a scythe, within lobed border and band of scrolling flowers and foliage, with beaded edge and crimped rim, marked near rim, the rim further marked with a later Dutch tax mark
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) diam.
15 oz. 4 dwt. (472 gr.)
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