A PARCEL GILT SILVER BEAKER WITH COINS

Description:

Tilsit (today Sowetsk), East Prussia, circa 1770
H. 9 cm
Set with 3 Russian coins (Empress Elizabeth, Empress Catherine the Great, Tsar Peter III) and a Prussian coin of Frederick II at the bottom. With later inscription ‘C. Janson Memel d. 5t. Märtz 1847’. Hallmark, date letter ‘h’, master's mark of Jakob Kowonatzky Sen. (cf. Scheffler/Ostpreußen, 439, 454). Weight ca. 202g. Minor wear.
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