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THE CUP WITH MARK OF JOHANNES (HANS) SCHELKER, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1640; THE COVER WITH MARK OF JOHANNES CHRISTOPHORUS SCHWARTZ, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1700
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A HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
THE CUP WITH MARK OF JOHANNES (HANS) SCHELKER, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1640; THE COVER WITH MARK OF JOHANNES CHRISTOPHORUS SCHWARTZ, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1700
Cylindrical, on a circular waisted foot chased with lobes and on rim of chased stylized foliage, rising to a tubular stem applied with cast strapwork surmounted by caryatids, the lower part of the cup with flutes, the body repoussé and chased with strapwork enclosing fruit and foliage on a matted ground above a band of chased floral motifs, the circular domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a fully-modeled standing putto on a lobed calyx, marked on body and cover
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high; 11 oz. 10 dwt. (367 gr.)
THE CUP WITH MARK OF JOHANNES (HANS) SCHELKER, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1640; THE COVER WITH MARK OF JOHANNES CHRISTOPHORUS SCHWARTZ, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1700
Cylindrical, on a circular waisted foot chased with lobes and on rim of chased stylized foliage, rising to a tubular stem applied with cast strapwork surmounted by caryatids, the lower part of the cup with flutes, the body repoussé and chased with strapwork enclosing fruit and foliage on a matted ground above a band of chased floral motifs, the circular domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a fully-modeled standing putto on a lobed calyx, marked on body and cover
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high; 11 oz. 10 dwt. (367 gr.)
Provenance
The Collection of Baron Géza Radvánszky, Budapest
Sold at auction at the Ernst Museum, Budapest, Sale no. XLIII, 1929, lot 974
Sold at auction at the Ernst Museum, Budapest, Sale no. XLIII, 1929, lot 974
Literature
László Mravik, "Sacco di Budapest" and Depredation of Hungary, 1938-1949, 1998, illus. no. 19949, p. 331
Exhibited
Exhibition of Amateur Collections in Budapest, Museum of Applied Art, Budapest, 1907, Gc. IV. No. 24
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