Lot Essay
The maker's mark is identified in Elisabeth von Gleichenstein and Christoph A. Graf Douglas, Kat. Gold und Silber aus Konstanz, Konstanz, 1985, nos. 41-44.
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PROPERTY OF A FLORIDA COUPLE
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CHALICE
MARK OF WOLFGANG STÜTZ, KONSTANZ, CIRCA 1596
Details
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CHALICE
MARK OF WOLFGANG STÜTZ, KONSTANZ, CIRCA 1596
The spreading circular foot with hexafoil facetted stem engraved with quatrefoils, strapwork, foliage, and wrigglework, the knop with twelve lobes articulated by engraved lines, supporting a flaring circular bowl, engraved under base "M.I.F. VND .MV. .1.5.96", marked on base
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high; 11 oz. (353 gr.)
MARK OF WOLFGANG STÜTZ, KONSTANZ, CIRCA 1596
The spreading circular foot with hexafoil facetted stem engraved with quatrefoils, strapwork, foliage, and wrigglework, the knop with twelve lobes articulated by engraved lines, supporting a flaring circular bowl, engraved under base "M.I.F. VND .MV. .1.5.96", marked on base
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high; 11 oz. (353 gr.)
Provenance
Kenneth Davis (Works of Art) Ltd.
Literature
Klaus Pechstein et al., Deutsche Gold-Schmiedekunst, Nuremberg, 1987, cat. no. 146, illus. p. 254
Exhibited
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1987