Lot 649
Lot 649
COLLECTION EUROPÉENNE PRIVÉE
TANKARD ALLEMAND EN VERMEIL ET ARGENT

PAR ADAM SEGER(ER) (1597-1620), REGENSBURG (RATISBONNE), VERS 1600

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EUR 15,000 - EUR 20,000
Closed: 15 Apr 2025
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TANKARD ALLEMAND EN VERMEIL ET ARGENT

PAR ADAM SEGER(ER) (1597-1620), REGENSBURG (RATISBONNE), VERS 1600

Closed: 15 Apr 2025
Closed: 15 Apr 2025
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Sur piédouche, le corp conique repoussé et ciselé de trois médaillons décorés de scènes figurant pour l’un un lièvre sur fond de ville, au centre un soldat jouant de la corne de chasse et de l’autre côté un cerf courant sur fond de village, autour des enroulements feuillagés et trophées de fruits, l’anse fondue d’un terme, l’appui-pouce en forme de sirène, le couvercle avec prise en soldat tenant un bouclier, poinçons sur le fond: ville et maître-orfèvre
H. 20.8 cm. (814 in.)
486 gr. (15 oz. 6 dwt.)
Literature
M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Bd.3, Frankfurt a. Main, 1922, p. 293, No 4456.
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF ADAM SEGER(ER) (1597-1620), REGENSBURG, VERS 1600
Tapering cylindrical on foot-rim, the body chased with three medallions: one depicting a hare with city behind, in the centre a soldier blowing the horn and on the other side a stag running in front of a village, interspersed with scrolling foliage and fruit trophies on matted ground, the side handle cast as a term, the thumbpiece shaped a bifurcated mermaid, the domed cover with soldier finial holding a shield, marked underneath: town and maker


The design for the scenes featured on this tankard can be attributed to Paul Flindt II (c. 1567-1631), whose published engravings provided silversmiths with numerous patterns for the decoration of silver in the Mannerist style. Flindt was himself a goldsmith as well as an engraver and medallist, and his nearly 200 surviving engravings from 1592-1618 provide a large selection of scenic panels found within strapwork containing grotesques and flowerpots, often featuring animals in landscapes such as here.
Flindt evidently based many of the figures of animals found in his landscapes on earlier published bestiaries, especially Cunrat Gesner's (1516-1565) Historia Animalium printed in Nuremberg in the 1550s.
These designs had an enduring and wide appeal for goldsmiths and via Flindt's published engravings were spread throughout Germany and Europe.
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