LIDDED TANKARD WITH SNAKESKIN PUNCHWORK Zurich, circa 1680. Maker's mark: Hans Jacob III Bullinger.
LIDDED TANKARD WITH SNAKESKIN PUNCHWORK
Zurich, circa 1680. Maker's mark: Hans Jacob III Bullinger.
Silver-gilt. Domed foot with broad moulded rim. Cylindrical body with smooth, moulded lip. The cover also domed and slightly convex. Ribbed spherical finial, curved scroll handle and volute-form thumbpiece. Foot, body and cover decorated throughout with fine snakeskin punchwork. Engraved initials R.S. on the underside of the foot ring.
H 17 cm, 425 g.
Provenance:
- Possibly the Moppert Brothers, Baden-Baden, in the 1880s.
- Private collection in Switzerland.
Literature:
- Eva-Maria Lösel, Zurich Goldsmithing from the 13th to the 19th Century, Zurich 1983, no. 99f.
- Possibly Marc Rosenberg, Goldsmith’s Marks, Berlin 1928, no. 9070a.
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LIDDED TANKARD WITH SNAKESKIN PUNCHWORK
Zurich, circa 1680. Maker's mark: Hans Jacob III Bullinger.
Silver-gilt. Domed foot with broad moulded rim. Cylindrical body with smooth, moulded lip. The cover also domed and slightly convex. Ribbed spherical finial, curved scroll handle and volute-form thumbpiece. Foot, body and cover decorated throughout with fine snakeskin punchwork. Engraved initials R.S. on the underside of the foot ring.
H 17 cm, 425 g.
Provenance:
- Possibly the Moppert Brothers, Baden-Baden, in the 1880s.
- Private collection in Switzerland.
Literature:
- Eva-Maria Lösel, Zurich Goldsmithing from the 13th to the 19th Century, Zurich 1983, no. 99f.
- Possibly Marc Rosenberg, Goldsmith’s Marks, Berlin 1928, no. 9070a.
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