The silver-gilt bowl of heavy gauge by Gabriel Sontag (active 1747-1780), embossed with fruit between three scroll-edged silver cartouches, depicting respectively a small building on a hill with tree in foreground, a man fishing beside an overhanging tree with marble columns to one side and two men in a boat with trees to left. Gilt interior, base engraved with monogram of the owner and a large zig-zag assay scrape.
Russian Parcel-Gilt Silver Bowl
reference number: RS_027
3rd quarter of the 18th century
silver, silver-gilt
height: 7.8 cm; diameter: 18 cm; weight: 589 gr.
maker’s mark: Latin Initials G.S. of Gabriel Sontag