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Objekt 22

Bowl for tokens

Description

Three playing cards are engraved on the bottom of the bowl. The bowl was used to hold tokens, which were usually made of brass or bronze. At princely courts, those made of silver or even gold were also used.

Object description

Goldsmith: Johann Friedrich Burckhardt I. (1756-1827, c.1781); master mark: "BURCARD"

Basel, around 1820

Silver, gilded and engraved

Gift of heirs of Esther Refardt-Sarasin, Basel

Inv. 1963.33.

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