Emanuel Gottfried Meisgeyer Small Augsburg rococo... Lot 420

Emanuel Gottfried Meisgeyer Small Augsburg rococo terrine Silver, gilded. Oval cambered body on a retracted foot with opposing leaf scallops as handles. The wall with curved lines between chased and finely chased flower tendrils. The domed lid with corresponding decoration and a sculpted knob of molded fruit and pods. Marks: BZ Augsburg for 1767 - 1769, MZ Emanuel Gottfried Meisgeyer (1764 - 1790, Seling no. 2330, 2497), tremolier engraving. H 12.5; W 22.5; D 11.5 cm, weight 428 g. Augsburg, Emanuel Gottlieb Meisgeyer, 1767 - 1769. Literature Meiesgeyer was one of the Augsburg goldsmiths involved in the production of the governor's services for Catherine II. See Lorenz Seelig, Silber und Gold I, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, p. 124.