A GERMAN BAROQUE PARTIAL GILT SILVER BEAKER WITH COINS

Description:

Berlin, ca. 1750
H. 11 cm
Silver, chased, engraved and partially gilded. The wall decorated with rich, Baroque scroll work and shells. In two rows 4 inserted silver coins each, in commemoration of the First and the Second Silesian War between Prussia and Austria. Berlin hallmark and maker's mark of Jacob Albrecht Küsel (Kiesel, worked 1743-1769). Weight 266g. Slightly dented.
German private Collection.
Lit. Scheffler, Berliner Goldschmiede, no. 681, no. 5 ff.