Small Baroque footbocker

Silver, fully gilded. A round convex base transitioning into a short, strongly tapered stem and a widely flaring, slightly conical smooth cup. The base and the foot of the cup are framed by tongue-shaped gadroons. Below the wide border area, decorated with relief volute-shaped plant patterns, the interior is gilded. Workshop of master Johann Philipp Gross (became a master in 1689), hallmark for Austria, Vienna before 1824. Weight approximately 110 grams. Height 6.5 cm. See Selling 2007, number 1300, 1838; Lanz/Schmid/Strachalm, Silver of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, p. 20; see also Oversier, German Silver, p. 49, fig. 52 (form and decoration). A small German Baroque silver-gilt cup, made by Johann Philipp Gross (master from 1689). Hallmark and workshop mark for Austria, Vienna before 1824. German. Augsburg. Circa 1713-1717.