Lot 267
Lot 267
COLLECTION FRITZ ET SABINE PAYER LOTS 236 À 270
COUPE ALLEMANDE EN VERMEIL ET ARGENT EN FORME DE CERF

EN PARTIE XVIIE ET XIXE SIÉCLES

Price Realised EUR 63,000
Estimate
EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000
Closed: 12 Jun 2025
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COUPE ALLEMANDE EN VERMEIL ET ARGENT EN FORME DE CERF

EN PARTIE XVIIE ET XIXE SIÉCLES

Price Realised EUR 63,000
Closed: 12 Jun 2025
Price Realised EUR 63,000
Closed: 12 Jun 2025
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En forme de cerf ciselé au naturel avec crinière et fourrure, appliqué sur le torse d'un écu gravé des armoiries des archiducs d'Autriche dans un cadre cordé et agrémenté d'une perle en argent, la tête détachable ciselée d'un col décoré de bosses et pointes de diamants, poinçonné d'une marque de propriétaire VM, sur socle en bois noir postérieur, apparemment sans poinçon
H. 44.2 cm. (1712 in.)
poids brut: 1,638 gr. (52 oz. 13 dwt.)
Provenance
Ferdinand von Miller (1813-1887).
Vente Sotheby's, Genève, 14 novembre 1988, lot 35.
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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER STAG CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORG HELLTHALER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1580
The stag chased with simulated pelt and textured mane, wearing a collar with strapwork and lozenge-shaped simulated gems, with chain and oval cartouche engraved with the arms of the Arch-Duke of Austria with crown above, within rope twist frame and pendant drop beneath, with detachable head, on later oblong wood base, with ownership initials VM in monogram on the neck, apparently unmarked


The stag bears on its neck the owner's mark "VM," referring to Ferdinand von Miller (1813–1887), a Bavarian sculptor and founder from Aichach in Upper Bavaria. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and later in Paris, he returned to Munich, where he joined the royal foundry, eventually becoming its director and then its owner in 1873. He is best known for his bronze colossus Bavaria, which stands on the Theresienwiese in Munich.
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