PAR HANS VALENTIN LAMINIT, AUGSBOURG, 1614-1616

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TAUREAU EN VERMEIL
PAR HANS VALENTIN LAMINIT, AUGSBOURG, 1614-1616
Sur base circulaire repoussée de rochers et feuillages, le corps cabré, la tête amovible, poinçons sur la base, striche sous la base et dans la tête
Hauteur: 25 cm. (9 7/8 in.)
662 gr. (23.35 oz.)

Provenance

Vente Sotheby & Co, Londres, The Celebrated Collection of German, Dutch and other Continental Silver and Silver-Gilt of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, sold by order of Victor Rothschild esq., 26 avril 1937 lot 193. L'essentiel de cette collection venait de la collection du baron Karl von Rothschild de Frankfurt et du baron Lionel de Rothschild par les premier Lord et Lady Rothschild.

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Further details

A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CUP FORMED AS AN OX
MAKER'S MARK OF HANS VALENTIN LAMINIT, AUGSBURG, 1614-1616
The circular base chased with rockwork and grass, the animal on its hind legs with detachable head, marked on base with assay scrape beneath and on head

The ox was generally used as a welcome cup for the Butcher's guilds. Several examples of ox and bull cups are recorded including two by Elias Zorer circa 1590 (H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529 - 1868, Munich, 1980, vol. 2, figs. 158 and 160).

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Lot Essay

Le taureau était en général une coupe de bienvenue pour la corporation des bouchers. Il en existe plusieurs exemplaires dont ceux par Elias Zorer daté vers 1590 (H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529 - 1868, Munich, 1980, vol. 2, illustr. 158 et 160).

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