Details
Hexafoil shaped, the sides chased with stemmed flowers, the screw cover chased with foliate border and with hinged handle, marked underneath and on cover
712 in. (19 cm.) high
16 oz. 1 dwt. (500 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza before 1938.
Literature
A Feulner, Stiftung Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, vol. III, Plastik und Kunsthandwerk, Lugano-Castagnola, 1941, no. 181.
H. Müller, European Silver from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 62, pp. 206-207.
Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, Gold and Silver Treasures from the Thyssen- Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, exhibition catalogue, 1987, p. 41, no. 27.
K.Tebbe et al, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, Nuremberg, 2007, vol. I, p. 160, no. MZ0328.
Exhibited
Miami, Center for Fine Arts; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art;
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum; Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Gold and Silver from Thyssen- Bornemisza Collection, 1987-1988, cat. no. 27.
Special notice
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