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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)
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)
