Live Auction 2838The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
An early German silver chocolate-pot
Lot 475

An early German silver chocolate-pot

MARK OF LUDEWICH SPITTA, BRAUNSCHWEIG, 1728

Closed1 July 2010

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EUR 2,500

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An early German silver chocolate-pot
Mark of Ludewich Spitta, Braunschweig, 1728
Of fluted pear-shape on circular foot, with carved wood handle, the domed cover with detachable knopped finial, engraved with monogram 'M.B.', marked on base
25.5 cm. high
654 gr.

Specialist note

For a biograpy of the maker and an illustration of his mark, please see G. Spies, Braunschweiger Goldschmiede- Geschichte- Werke- Meister und Marken, München/Berlin, 1996, Vol. III, pp. 139-143, nr. 518.