A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER COIN BEAKER, MUNZBECHER
MARK OF JOACHIM AST (II), BERLIN, CIRCA 1700
The snakeskin-textured sides chased with foliage and set with numerous 16th Century Prussian coins, base set with a large medallion, base with zig-zag assay scrape, prick-dot engraved P. 1661 and weight W:30 7/8 L, the rim engraved at a later date with an English boar's head crest for Nisbet, gilt interior, the base not gilded
5¾ in. high (14.8 cm.)
14.25 oz. (441 gm.)
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER COIN BEAKER, MUNZBECHER
MARK OF JOACHIM AST (II), BERLIN, CIRCA 1700
The snakeskin-textured sides chased with foliage and set with numerous 16th Century Prussian coins, base set with a large medallion, base with zig-zag assay scrape, prick-dot engraved P. 1661 and weight W:30 7/8 L, the rim engraved at a later date with an English boar's head crest for Nisbet, gilt interior, the base not gilded
5¾ in. high (14.8 cm.)
14.25 oz. (441 gm.)
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