Pair of 18th-Century Austrian Silver Salts
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Good Pair of 18th-Century Austrian Silver Trencher Salts
1725, Vienna, by Matthias Asam (1664/65-1728; Master 1697), 13 lot (.813) silver, each of traditional waisted oval, serpentine-paneled form.
h. 1-3/4", l. 3-3/4", w. 2-7/8"; 7.24 total t. oz.
Literature: Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Silber Punzierung 1524-1780 (Vienna: the author, 2004), p. 238.
1725, Vienna, by Matthias Asam (1664/65-1728; Master 1697), 13 lot (.813) silver, each of traditional waisted oval, serpentine-paneled form.
h. 1-3/4", l. 3-3/4", w. 2-7/8"; 7.24 total t. oz.
Literature: Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Silber Punzierung 1524-1780 (Vienna: the author, 2004), p. 238.
Condition
**Both salts have a professionally repaired split on the underside of the upper edge of one narrow end, about 1-1/2" long; although both are restricted to the underside of the rim, one salt has a very narrow, 1/2" long, irregular area of solder visible on the upper side. One cellar has a short 1/4" split repaired on the perimeter of the cellar; the other has a 1/2" dent on the basal rim. Both marked with the Viennese assay mark for 1725 and the "MA" maker's mark of Matthias Asam.
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Pair of 18th-Century Austrian Silver Salts
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