An Augsburg silver beaker on the month of September
An Augsburg silver beaker on the month of September
Tapering beaker with a moulded rim. Decorated with amorietti and acanthus tendrils surrounding two cartouches labelled SEPTEM, one depicting a scene of peasants harvesting apples, the other inscribed with information about the name days of September, the zodiac sign libra, and astrological information for the month. H 10.8 cm, weight 155 g.
Marks of Johann Christoph I Hünning, 1692 - 97.
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Cf. a miniature service by Hünning housed in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 948, and parts of a service with enamel painting illustrated in Weinold/Witting, Natürlich bemalt, Dresden 2018, p. 15, illus. 3. Seling 2007 mentions a month beaker for February by this maker on the art market (no. 1929 c).
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An Augsburg silver beaker on the month of September
Tapering beaker with a moulded rim. Decorated with amorietti and acanthus tendrils surrounding two cartouches labelled SEPTEM, one depicting a scene of peasants harvesting apples, the other inscribed with information about the name days of September, the zodiac sign libra, and astrological information for the month. H 10.8 cm, weight 155 g.
Marks of Johann Christoph I Hünning, 1692 - 97.
Literature
Cf. a miniature service by Hünning housed in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 948, and parts of a service with enamel painting illustrated in Weinold/Witting, Natürlich bemalt, Dresden 2018, p. 15, illus. 3. Seling 2007 mentions a month beaker for February by this maker on the art market (no. 1929 c).
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