A rare Augsburg silver gilt pear goblet
A rare Augsburg silver gilt pear goblet
The base formed as three leaves supporting a twisted stem in the form of a branch with four further leaves and a pear form cup with cover and finial formed as a standing putto bearing a palm frond and standard. H 21 cm, weight 109 g.
Marks of Marx Merzenbach, 1663 - 1666.
Literature
Cf. a pear goblet by Merzenbach with a soldier as standard bearer in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 112. On the type see also Armin Panter (ed.) Hohenlohe, das Kirchberger Kunstkabinett im 17. Jahrhundert, Sigmaringen 1995, p. 100 ff.
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A rare Augsburg silver gilt pear goblet
The base formed as three leaves supporting a twisted stem in the form of a branch with four further leaves and a pear form cup with cover and finial formed as a standing putto bearing a palm frond and standard. H 21 cm, weight 109 g.
Marks of Marx Merzenbach, 1663 - 1666.
Literature
Cf. a pear goblet by Merzenbach with a soldier as standard bearer in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 112. On the type see also Armin Panter (ed.) Hohenlohe, das Kirchberger Kunstkabinett im 17. Jahrhundert, Sigmaringen 1995, p. 100 ff.
