The Wellby Collection

Beaker and cover

Peter Falkeisen (1677 - 1749)

parcel-gilt silver

c. 1730

21.7 cm height

Heraldry:: arms of Lauffen of Basel (baselisk supporter)
Inscription/Mark: Basel-stab, town mark of Basel (struck beneath the base)
Maker's mark: a bird within a roundel, interpreted by M. Wellby to be for Peter Falkeisen (struck beneath the base)

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Place of Creation: Basel

WA2013.1.312

Beaker and cover, silver, parcel-gilt, on three lion feet; embossed and chased with Jacob and Rachel at the Well and a Rest on the Flight into Egypt, applied scrolling cagework. The finial of the cover is formed as a basilisk holding up a shield engraved with two vertical arms couped above a star, with the initials: 'P.W.Z.L.'. The arms are interpreted by M. Wellby as those of Lauffen of Basel.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.