Lot Essay
A very similar complete double-cup by the same maker is in the collection of the Armoury Museum. Moscow and is illustrated in H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, 1980, fig. 129.
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MARK OF THEOPHIL GLAUBICH, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1570
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A German parcel-gilt cup
Mark of Theophil Glaubich, Augsburg, circa 1570
The partly-lobed bombé circular cup on baluster shaped stem and on spreading circular foot, the cup with circular rim, chased with scrolls and strapwork between three female masks within strapwork and fruiting garland borders, the stem chased with strapwork, fruit and flowers on a partly-textured ground, marked on foot-rim
9½in. (24cm.) high
22oz. (699gr.)
Mark of Theophil Glaubich, Augsburg, circa 1570
The partly-lobed bombé circular cup on baluster shaped stem and on spreading circular foot, the cup with circular rim, chased with scrolls and strapwork between three female masks within strapwork and fruiting garland borders, the stem chased with strapwork, fruit and flowers on a partly-textured ground, marked on foot-rim
9½in. (24cm.) high
22oz. (699gr.)
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