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Sur pied évasé ciselé d'enroulements feuillagés sur fond amati, le corps tronconique trapu ciselé d'enroulements feuillagés formant grotesque intercalés de masque de chérubins sous tente-canopée, le couvercle avec prise balustre et appuie-pouce en putto assis, poinçons sur le fond: ville, maître-orfèvre et striche
H. 14 cm. (512 in.)
570 gr. (18 oz. 6 dwt.)
Provenance
Collection du Comte Hans Ulrich Schaffgotsch, Château de Kopice, Pologne.
Literature
Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Bd. 1, Frankfurt a. M. 1922, S. 284, 285.
Erwin Hintze, Die Breslauer Goldschmiede; eine archivalische Studie, Leipzig, 1906.
FURTHER DETAILS
A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
WROCLAW (BRESLAU), 1618-1645, UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK SP OU PS
On spreading foot chased with foliate scrolls on matted ground, the tapered body chased with scrolling foliage with grotesque terminals interspersed with cherub mask beneath a canopy, the cover with baluster finial and seated putto thumbpiece, marked underneath: town, maker and assay scrap
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