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.