MARK OF ULRICH II MERINGER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1570

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MARK OF ULRICH II MERINGER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1570
Tapering cylindrical and on rim foot with demi-female figure scroll handle with bird's claw terminal, the hinged domed cover with figure cast thumbpiece, the cover inset with a silver coin, the base later engraved with an inscription, marked underneath
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
16 oz. 19 dwt. (527 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Franz Christoph Graf Frangepan Ano 1661'

Provenance

Possibly Franz Christoph Graf Frangepan, 1661.
by repute, Kunsthandel Basel, May 1978.

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Lot Essay

The inscription may be for Franz Christoph Frangepan or Fran Krsto Frankopan (1643-1671) who in the Zrinski–Frankopan Conspiracy stood against Emperor Leopold I (r.1658-1705) in Croatia and Hungary. In 1671 he was sentenced to death for treason and beheaded with his brother Zrinski in Vienna Neustadt.

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