拍品 157
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A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT APOSTLE SPOONS
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A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT APOSTLE SPOONS

DANZIG, 17TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK HR CONJOINED

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A SET OF TWELVE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT APOSTLE SPOONS
DANZIG, 17TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK HR CONJOINED
EACH WITH DEEP FIG-SHAPED BOWL JOINED TO THE HEXAGONAL STEM WITH A CAST FIGURE OF A STANDING ANGEL, EACH TERMINAL CAST WITH THE FIGURE OF AN APOSTLE, THE STEM ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT WITH AN INSCRIPTION AND ON THE REVERSE WITH THE NAME OF THE APOSTLE, THE BOWL ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT WITH A FOLIATE MOTIF AND ON THE REVERSE WITH A LATER CREST AND MOTTO WITHIN SCROLLS, EACH MARKED ON REVERSE OF STEM
9 1/8IN. (23.2CM.) LONG
38OZ. (1,182GR.)
THE CREST IS THAT OF JOHNSTONE OF HILTOUN, CO. BERWICK (12)
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

INSCRIPTIONS AND THE NAMES OF THE APOSTLES ENGRAVED ON EACH STEM ARE AS FOLLOWS:

S. ANDREAS - AMOR VINCIT OMNIA
S. BARTHOLOMEUS - VERITAS ODIUM PARIT
S. JACOBUS MAIOR - IGNOTI NULLA CUPIDO
S. JACOBUS MINOR - LAUS PROPRIA SORDET
S. JOHANNES - IUSTUS FIDE SUA VIVIT
S. MATTHIAS - FIDE SED CUI FIDAS VIDE
S. PAULUS - TANDEM BONA CAUSA TRIUMPHAT
S. PETRUS - VINCIT QUI PATITUR
S. PHILIPPUS - VIVE MEMOR LETHI
S. SIMON - NOSCE DEUM TEIPSUMQUE
S. THADEUS - REM TUAMAGE NON ALIUS
S. THOMAS - DE ABSENTE NIL NISI BONUM