A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT BEAKERS
MARK OF MICHAEL GASS, AUGSBURG, 1620-25
Each tapering cylindrical, the sides with snakeskin finish and with plain rim and foot, marked underneath
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
10 oz. (305 gr.) (2)
Lot Essay
A beaker by Michael Gass, 1613-1615, though without the snakeskin finish, is illustrated in H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, vol. II, no. 230.