A LARGE GERMAN SILVER-GILT AND VERRE EGLOMIS CUP AND COVER
A LARGE GERMAN SILVER-GILT AND VERRE EGLOMIS CUP AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK OF STEPHAN HAUNOLD, REGENSBURG, CIRCA 1586

Details
A LARGE GERMAN SILVER-GILT AND VERRE EGLOMIS CUP AND COVER
Maker's mark of Stephan Haunold, Regensburg, circa 1586
On domed foot of shaped outline with flat border, chased with eight circular cartouches, each engraved with coat-of-arms and the name of he who bore it, with panels of fruit and simulated jewels between, the upper part with three further coats-of-arms and scenes of a huntsman, sporting trophies and an elaborate building between, the stem cast and chased with a hunter with crossbow, hound and slain stag beside a tree, the slightly tapering body engraved beneath with three further coats-of-arms and the sides chased with three large oval cartouches, one containing a scene of a parade with three standard bearers holding flags, another with figures carrying a barrel and flagons on a terrace with a tent and fountain, and the third with women holding flags and three wreaths for the winners of the competition, above busts of a court jester and two courtiers holding wands pricked with the arms of Regensburg and divided by twenty-seven circular cartouches each engraved with coat-of-arms and name, the lower and upper borders to the bowl each with extensive presentation inscription, the domed cover chased with sixteen similarly engraved circular cartouches and with central foot flanked by four scroll and swan head brackets and enclosing a circular verre eglomis panel painted with the arms of the City of Regensburg, the centre of the interior of the cover engraved with inscription dated 1607, marked on foot and cover, the base of the bowl also struck with a mark PM in rectangle
18 in. (47 cm.) high
gross 57 ozs. (1,798 gr.)
Provenance
The shooting club of Regensburg, 1586. Sold by the club in 1869 for 1,700 guilders to a Munich dealer and sold by him to
Baron Alfons von Rothschild.
Rothschild inv. no. AR2906.
Literature
1903 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 74, no. 169.
1905 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 167, no. 792.
1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 69, no. 383.
M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Frankfurt am Main, 1923, vol. 3, no. 4447, where the maker's mark is listed as being that of Hans Strobl or Hans Schmaller.
M. Angerer, Regensburger Goldschmiedekunst im 16. Jahrhundert aus der Festschrift fr Gerhard Bott zum 60 Geburstag, Darmstadt, 1987.
Exhibited
Exhibited as part of the Alfons Freiherr von Rothschild collection, Vienna, 1907, no. 455
Vienna, Oesterreichisches Museum fr Angewandte Knst, inv. no. 30.558.

Lot Essay

The Regensburg Schtzen (shooting club) won the shooting contest in Nuremberg in 1579, and thus became the host for the next competition. This was eventually held in 1586 and it was for this occasion that the Regensburg goldsmith, Stephan Haunold, made this magnificent silver-gilt covered cup. Every member of the shooting club who wanted his name on the cup had to subscribe 30 Kreuzer. It appears that some of the coats-of-arms on the cover were replaced later with the arms of subsequent members of the club.

This cup remained in the possession of the shooting club for almost 300 years, and it was still carried in the sumptuous procession on 17 October 1830 in Regensburg in honour of King Ludwig I and Queen Therese. An illustration by Hans Kransperger of 1831 shows a member of the shooting club bearing the cup and is now in the Museum der Stadt Regensburg.

In 1869 the cup was sold by the club for 1,700 guilders to a Munich dealer who then sold it to Alfons von Rothschild.

The maker's mark, SH in monogram, has recently been attributed to the goldsmith Stephan Haunold from Munich (see Martin Angerer, op. cit). He started his apprenticeship in Regensburg with the master, Matthaus Bullum (Pullum) on the Saints day of Peter and Paul, 1568. His brother Paul also started his apprenticeship on the same day.

It has been suggested that the mark MP struck on the base of the bowl is that of Stephan's master Matthaus Bullum (Pullum). Bullum came to the Danube from Cologne and, on his arrival, said he would present a masterpiece within six months. He was taken on as a master by the Regensburg guild on 12 February 1554. There are several purchases listed from him in the lists of gifts that were given to people by the town council.

It is also possible that the mark MP relates to Michael Poppi, whose arms and name appear directly above the PM on the lower part of the bowl.

(We are grateful to Dr Martin Angerer, Director of the Historische Museum der Stadt Regensburg for his help in cataloguing this entry)
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