A pair of parcel-gild cruets 'Vino et Aqua'
Joseph Ignaz Saler 1697 - 1764
Lot-No. 1204
Proceeds : 3.300 €
Augsburg, 1743-45. Silver, parcel-gilded, marked with Augsburg city mark, MM.: 'IIS' in a trefoil. (Comp. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, Nr. 2197). H. 12 cm, weight in total c. 260 g. - Cruets are part of the Church's liturgy in the Holy Fair. The wine is a symbol of the divine nature of Christ, the water for his human nature.
Joseph Ignaz Saler: A pair of parcel-gild cruets 'Vino et Aqua'
Joseph Ignaz Saler 1697 - 1764
A pair of parcel-gild cruets 'Vino et Aqua'
Lot-No. 1204
Proceeds : 3.300 €
Augsburg, 1743-45. Silver, parcel-gilded, marked with Augsburg city mark, MM.: 'IIS' in a trefoil. (Comp. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede, Nr. 2197). H. 12 cm, weight in total c. 260 g. - Cruets are part of the Church's liturgy in the Holy Fair. The wine is a symbol of the divine nature of Christ, the water for his human nature.