Wine taster - .813 silver - Augsburg circa 1685

Rare Augsburg Baroque silver wine taster, circa 1685 A beautiful 17th-century silver wine taster (Branntweinschale) by Hans Jakob III Baur, Augsburg, circa 1685. Finely decorated with repoussé fruit, berries and scrolling foliage, with a scalloped rim and two opposing loop handles. The piece bears the Augsburg city mark, maker’s mark and historic tremolier assay scrape. Details Maker: Hans Jakob III Baur (1682–1703) Origin: Augsburg, Germany Date: circa 1685 Silver: 13 Lot (.812 fineness) Length: 8 cm Weight: 29 g Condition: Antique condition with old repairs, as recorded in the original auction catalogue. Please examine the photographs carefully. Provenance: Acquired from a German auction house in 2026. Attribution supported by the original auction catalogue and the published reference in Helmut Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, Vol. III nos. 1786 and 137.

Estimation:€700

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