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拍品专文
The Windmill Cup
The windmill cup was the most popular of the silver wager cups produced from the late 16th Century until the early 18th Century. The most common examples are from The Netherlands, and they were also made in Flanders and Germany. A Nuremberg example by Jobst Planck is illustrated in K. Tebbe et. al., Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nuremberg, 2007, vol. 2, p. 764, fig. 172. The foot of the cup is in the form of a windmill and is designed so that it cannot be put down until its contents are emptied. The bowl of the cup is usually divided into horizontal bands and decorated with engraved strap-work and flowers, sometimes including drinking-songs, names or monograms.
Taking turns, one drinker blows into the pipe, sending the sails of the windmill in motion. The aim is to empty the cup before the sails of the windmill stop moving. The hands of the clock are the next part of the game. The drinker spins the hand of the clock and where it lands indicates a figure from one to twelve. Some authors suggest that this designates the amount to drink if the cup is not drained in time. Others propose the unfortunate drinker must offer fellow drinkers as many drinks as the hand indicates (Schadee, N.,"Historisch Museum der Stad Rotterdam, Molenbeker Rotterdam", in: Vereniging Rembrandt, Nationaal Fonds Kunstbehoud 1, 1991, pp.18-19) or that the hand indicates the next victim (Exhibition Catalogue, Nederlands Zilver/Dutch Silver 1580-1830, Amsterdam-Toledo-Boston, Rijksmuseum-The Toledo Museum of Art-Museum of Fine Arts, 1979-1980, pp. 4, 5, 372, 373).
Alfred Rütschi (1868-1929)
Alfred Rütschi (1868-1929) originated from a traditional Swiss family of entrepreneurs in the silk industry and was one of the leading Swiss collectors of the early 20th century. Besides early sculpture and medieval works of art Rütschi’s key interest lay in collecting the works of contemporary Swiss artist such as Ferdinand Hodler. The legendary Rütschi sale at Stuker’s in Berne in 1954 included mainly European Works of Art and Silver from the 11th to the 18th century which had until then been kept and exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich. The sales caused a genuine sensation and was at the time one of the most important single owner sale ever held in Switzerland.
The windmill cup was the most popular of the silver wager cups produced from the late 16th Century until the early 18th Century. The most common examples are from The Netherlands, and they were also made in Flanders and Germany. A Nuremberg example by Jobst Planck is illustrated in K. Tebbe et. al., Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nuremberg, 2007, vol. 2, p. 764, fig. 172. The foot of the cup is in the form of a windmill and is designed so that it cannot be put down until its contents are emptied. The bowl of the cup is usually divided into horizontal bands and decorated with engraved strap-work and flowers, sometimes including drinking-songs, names or monograms.
Taking turns, one drinker blows into the pipe, sending the sails of the windmill in motion. The aim is to empty the cup before the sails of the windmill stop moving. The hands of the clock are the next part of the game. The drinker spins the hand of the clock and where it lands indicates a figure from one to twelve. Some authors suggest that this designates the amount to drink if the cup is not drained in time. Others propose the unfortunate drinker must offer fellow drinkers as many drinks as the hand indicates (Schadee, N.,"Historisch Museum der Stad Rotterdam, Molenbeker Rotterdam", in: Vereniging Rembrandt, Nationaal Fonds Kunstbehoud 1, 1991, pp.18-19) or that the hand indicates the next victim (Exhibition Catalogue, Nederlands Zilver/Dutch Silver 1580-1830, Amsterdam-Toledo-Boston, Rijksmuseum-The Toledo Museum of Art-Museum of Fine Arts, 1979-1980, pp. 4, 5, 372, 373).
Alfred Rütschi (1868-1929)
Alfred Rütschi (1868-1929) originated from a traditional Swiss family of entrepreneurs in the silk industry and was one of the leading Swiss collectors of the early 20th century. Besides early sculpture and medieval works of art Rütschi’s key interest lay in collecting the works of contemporary Swiss artist such as Ferdinand Hodler. The legendary Rütschi sale at Stuker’s in Berne in 1954 included mainly European Works of Art and Silver from the 11th to the 18th century which had until then been kept and exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich. The sales caused a genuine sensation and was at the time one of the most important single owner sale ever held in Switzerland.