A museum quality Augsburg Renaissance silver ...
A museum quality Augsburg Renaissance silver gilt chalice
Vase shaped shaft supported on a round waisted foot. The tall narrow cuppa with a smooth flared rim. Cuppa, base, and cover all decorated with finely chased scrollwork and fruit garlands. The finial formed as a detailed model of a Roman soldier with a shield and lance. H 32 cm, weight 390 g.
Marks of Philipp Jakob I Drentwett, 1612 - 16. Provenance
Galerie Neuse, Bremen 1997; Rhenish private collection. Literature
Cf. a coin set basin by Drentwett illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 528.
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A museum quality Augsburg Renaissance silver gilt chalice
Vase shaped shaft supported on a round waisted foot. The tall narrow cuppa with a smooth flared rim. Cuppa, base, and cover all decorated with finely chased scrollwork and fruit garlands. The finial formed as a detailed model of a Roman soldier with a shield and lance. H 32 cm, weight 390 g.
Marks of Philipp Jakob I Drentwett, 1612 - 16. Provenance
Galerie Neuse, Bremen 1997; Rhenish private collection. Literature
Cf. a coin set basin by Drentwett illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 528.