ANTIQUE 17thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER-GILT CUP & COVER, AUGSBERG C.1610
17th Century German silver cup & cover, partly gilt, gourd-shaped with repoussé scroll work and fruit, shaft in the form of a three-dimensional tree trunk with lumberjack, socket lid with floral finial.
Hallmarked with the Maker’s mark VH = Hans II Weienmayr (Seling 1043), assayer’s puncture (‘Tremolierstich’), Augsburg hallmark 1610-1612, (Lu) and later Austrian control marks.
Reference Number: A5310
17th Century German silver cup & cover, partly gilt, gourd-shaped with repoussé scroll work and fruit, shaft in the form of a three-dimensional tree trunk with lumberjack, socket lid with floral finial.
Hallmarked with the Maker’s mark VH = Hans II Weienmayr (Seling 1043), assayer’s puncture (‘Tremolierstich’), Augsburg hallmark 1610-1612, (Lu) and later Austrian control marks.
Reference Number: A5310
17th Century German silver cup & cover, partly gilt, gourd-shaped with repoussé scroll work and fruit, shaft in the form of a three-dimensional tree trunk with lumberjack, socket lid with floral finial.
Hallmarked with the Maker’s mark VH = Hans II Weienmayr (Seling 1043), assayer’s puncture (‘Tremolierstich’), Augsburg hallmark 1610-1612, (Lu) and later Austrian control marks.
Reference Number: A5310
DESCRIPTION
Antique early-17th Century rare German solid silver cup & cover, partly gilt, gourd-shaped with repoussé scroll work and fruit, shaft in the form of a three-dimensional tree trunk with lumberjack, socket lid with floral finial.
Hallmarked with the Maker’s mark VH = Hans II Weienmayr (Seling 1043), assayer’s puncture (‘Tremolierstich’), Augsburg hallmark 1610-1612, (Lu) and later Austrian control marks. Early Augsburg goblets by Hans II Weienmayr are preserved in the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts and in the Moscow Kremlin Museums.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage, Just General Wear.
SIZE
Height: 30.5cm
Width: 9cm
Weight: 358g
