Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 ANA Auction - Online Sess. D-E 17 August 2015
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GERMANY. Pfalz-Neuburg. Restoration of the Great Wine Cask at Heidelberg Silver Medal, 1727. Elector Karl Philipp (1716-42).
37.6 mm; 21.70 gms. Stemper-457.View of the great wine barrel with staircase leading to the dance floor built on the top of it. "16. IN HEIDELBERG. 64" at top and "HALT 204. FUEDER / 3. OHM 4 VIRT / WEIN" in exergue; Reverse: Thirteen line rhyming accession inscription "DISS FASS / SO 40 IAHR DEM / UNTERGANG ERGEB / EN, WURD NACH DES / FEINDS GEFAHR EIN / PHOENIX NEU ZU LEBEN / CARL PHILIPP THUT DEN / WEIN DAS FEUER HIERZU / REICHEN / DER SALAMANDER FEIN / KAN SICH AUCH HIERIN / GLEICHEN / ANO 1727" above a small wreath of oak and palm. Said to be the largest wine vessel in the world, holding over 8,000 liters! An attractive medal, lightly cleaned long ago. EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00
37.6 mm; 21.70 gms. Stemper-457.View of the great wine barrel with staircase leading to the dance floor built on the top of it. "16. IN HEIDELBERG. 64" at top and "HALT 204. FUEDER / 3. OHM 4 VIRT / WEIN" in exergue; Reverse: Thirteen line rhyming accession inscription "DISS FASS / SO 40 IAHR DEM / UNTERGANG ERGEB / EN, WURD NACH DES / FEINDS GEFAHR EIN / PHOENIX NEU ZU LEBEN / CARL PHILIPP THUT DEN / WEIN DAS FEUER HIERZU / REICHEN / DER SALAMANDER FEIN / KAN SICH AUCH HIERIN / GLEICHEN / ANO 1727" above a small wreath of oak and palm. Said to be the largest wine vessel in the world, holding over 8,000 liters! An attractive medal, lightly cleaned long ago. EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $500.00- $700.00