Silver and silver-gilt tumbler, the neck engraved with folia - Lot 63

Silver and silver-gilt tumbler, the neck engraved with foliage between three medallions: "1669" and "M. SMIDT", the plain body engraved with coat of arms, the base with doucine. It stands on three pomegranate-shaped feet. At the bottom of the goblet, a cut rock crystal, possibly attached (accident). Goldsmith: Anton TUFFITSCHER (see Ruppen, Vol. I, p. 430, no. 11 and Ackermann-Kuonen et al., 2015, Vol. II, no. 3 and Vol. I). Brig, or Brig (Switzerland), 1664/1669 (an eagle as on the town's coat of arms: see Ruppen, Vol. I, p. 430, no. 11 and Ackermann-Kuonen et al., 2015, Vol. II, no. 3). Gross weight : 204 g - Height. 10.2 cm. Provenance: Tessier-Sarrou sale, Hôtel Drouot, October 28, 2016, lot 359: "Aix La Chapelle, XVIIe siècle".