Bidspirit auction | MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SILVER

MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SILVER COIN CUP - MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SILVER COIN CUP. von der Heyde, Hans Heinrich. Berlin. Date: Dated 1686. Technique: Silver with partial gilding and inner-gilding. Description: Slightly conical wall with a stepped, smooth lip. Eight 3-groschen coins from Albert of Brandenburg, 1545, are embedded in the base, with a large Guldiner silver thaler (?) from Archduke Sigismund of Tyrol, 1486, in the centre. On the wall, there are seven narrow registers, each with 14 coins, making a total of 98 3-groschen coins. The clamshell lid also has a domed shoulder and a ball knob with corresponding coins set into it. In between, both on the wall and on the lid, there is a leaf ornament which forms mascarons in a mannerist style. Weight: Ca. 1140g. Measurement: Height 25cm. Mark: Marked on edges of lips and lid: inspection mark Berlin (Scheffler Berlin Nr.4b), maker's mark Heinrich von der Heyde (from ca. 1673, ibid. Nr.169) , assayer's mark. Owner engraving with dating on the base: 'Michael Ludolff 1686'. Provenance: German private collection Berlin, inherited by Kunsthandel Albrecht Neuhaus, 1980s. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 30,25 Euro plus 5,75 Euro VAT EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Hans Heinrich von der Heyde Germany Silver