MARK OF HANS ABRAHAM MAIR, STUGGART, MID 17TH CENTURY

Details

A German silver-gilt Inn-keepers' guild cup and cover
Mark of Hans Abraham Mair, Stuggart, mid 17th century
On lobed spreading foot and with baluster stem with foliate scroll calyxes, the tapering bowl chased with lobes and hung with numerous cartouche-shaped shields of varying sizes and dates, each engraved with a name, some with a coat-of-arms and date, the detachable cover with bearded male figure finial on foliate scroll stem, marked on cover, bowl and foot
14 1/8in. (36cm.) high
29oz. (917gr.)

Provenance

From the collection of W.E. Gladstone, (1809-1898) and then by descent

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The earlier pendant shield record the the name and position of the member of the guild. A number of the later pendant shields give the name of the inn-keeper and his inn, for example 'Im Oberin Amt ist Ober-meister Johannes Laÿer, Kronen-Wirth von Steinenberg Ano 1779', which translated reads 'Of high rank is Master Johannes Laÿer, Keeper of the Crown in at Steinenberg 1779.'

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