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Lot Essay
The Thelot family, descending from a 16th century Huguenot family from Dijon, was first recorded in Augsburg in 1585 with the goldsmiths Christoph Andreas and Cornelis Daniel Thelot. Johann Andreas Thelot (1655-1734), the maker of the present tankard, received his first training from his father Israel Thelot. In 1689, two years after his trip to Rome to finish his studies, he completed his master piece and, because it was not allowed by the Augsburg regulations to open your own workshop when you are unmarried, he married Anna Veronica Mair in 1690. Thelot opened his workshop in Haus Jordan in der Kleb Sattler Gass and moved in 1695 to Auf den Kitzenmarkt Hinder St. Ulrich. After Johann Andreas died in Augsburg in 1734, he left eight children from two wives.
Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886)
The Rothschild banking dynasty was founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812). Described by Forbes magazine as 'a founding father of international finance' and voted 7th most influential businessmen of all time, Mayer Amschel and his five children, known famously as the Five Arrows, spread the Rothschild banking empire through Europe, with Amschel staying in Frankfurt, Salomon going to Austria; Nathan to England; Carl to Naples and James to France. Wherever they went, the family and their descendants used their wealth to build collections of exceptional works of art.
It was Mayer Carl, the eldest son of Carl (1788-1855), the third arrow, and his wife Louise (d.1894), who became one of the most accomplished of collectors among a family of collectors, amassing a collection of over 5,000 works of art which were displayed in his houses in Frankfurt and at the Gunthersburg. Upon his death, his collection was divided between his widow and three of his daughters, and some of his silver was sold 12-13 June 1911 at Galerie Georg Petit, Paris, and other pieces staying in the collection of another of his daughters. For a discussion of Mayer Carl von Rothschild's role as a collector see P. Glanville, "Mayer Carl von Rothschild: Collector or Patriot" in The Magazine Antiques, October 2005, pp. 144-149. A parcel-gilt silver cup in the form of a lion, also from his collection, was sold in these rooms 29 November 2011, lot 526.
Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886)
The Rothschild banking dynasty was founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812). Described by Forbes magazine as 'a founding father of international finance' and voted 7th most influential businessmen of all time, Mayer Amschel and his five children, known famously as the Five Arrows, spread the Rothschild banking empire through Europe, with Amschel staying in Frankfurt, Salomon going to Austria; Nathan to England; Carl to Naples and James to France. Wherever they went, the family and their descendants used their wealth to build collections of exceptional works of art.
It was Mayer Carl, the eldest son of Carl (1788-1855), the third arrow, and his wife Louise (d.1894), who became one of the most accomplished of collectors among a family of collectors, amassing a collection of over 5,000 works of art which were displayed in his houses in Frankfurt and at the Gunthersburg. Upon his death, his collection was divided between his widow and three of his daughters, and some of his silver was sold 12-13 June 1911 at Galerie Georg Petit, Paris, and other pieces staying in the collection of another of his daughters. For a discussion of Mayer Carl von Rothschild's role as a collector see P. Glanville, "Mayer Carl von Rothschild: Collector or Patriot" in The Magazine Antiques, October 2005, pp. 144-149. A parcel-gilt silver cup in the form of a lion, also from his collection, was sold in these rooms 29 November 2011, lot 526.