Lot Essay
Cornelius Poppe born in Hamburg in circa 1650 and died in Augsburg in 1723. Poppe was known for his excellent niello work and one of the few makers who mastered this technique.
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CORNELIUS POPPE, AUGSBURG, 1695-1700
Details
A fine German parcel-gilt and nielloed tankard
Cornelius Poppe, Augsburg, 1695-1700
On three ball and claw feet, the cylindrical body finely nielloed with a bridge, a house with sailingboat and a house in landscape, each amongst scrolling foliage and bunches of flowers, the scroll handle covered with foliage, the low domed and flat hinged cover centred by a classical ruin with columns and three oval medallions each with houses in landscapes, scrolling foliage bands, reeded ball thumbpiece, marked on base
22.4 cm. high
1178 gr.
Cornelius Poppe, Augsburg, 1695-1700
On three ball and claw feet, the cylindrical body finely nielloed with a bridge, a house with sailingboat and a house in landscape, each amongst scrolling foliage and bunches of flowers, the scroll handle covered with foliage, the low domed and flat hinged cover centred by a classical ruin with columns and three oval medallions each with houses in landscapes, scrolling foliage bands, reeded ball thumbpiece, marked on base
22.4 cm. high
1178 gr.
Literature
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, vol. III, 1815 i and vol. II, fig. 440.
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