Live Auction 1555European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A BALTIC SILVER BEAKER
Lot 48

A BALTIC SILVER BEAKER

REVAL, DATED 1721, MAKER'S MARK PW OVER PL CONJOINED, APPARENTLY THE UNRECORDED MARK OF PETER WILHELM POLACK

Closed30 September 2014

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GBP 3,250

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A BALTIC SILVER BEAKER
REVAL, DATED 1721, MAKER'S MARK PW OVER PL CONJOINED, APPARENTLY THE UNRECORDED MARK OF PETER WILHELM POLACK
Tapering cylindrical on moulded foot, engraved to one side with later inscription and arms accolé below the rim, marked underneath and with later tax mark to rim
7 5/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
15 oz. 17 dwt. (493 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Hinrich Johan Lechner Anna Kreger' and the date '1721'

Specialist note

The mark of Peter Wilhelm Polack (w. 1711-1721) is recorded as 'PW' over 'P', in a punch shaped in the same way as the present lot. His father registered a mark 'PPL', the latter letters conjoined. The engraved date '1721' leads us to believe that the present lot is the work of Peter Wilhelm Polack, rather than his father, using a previously unrecorded mark. For an image of the mark, please see Christies.com