MARK OF HANS SCHOLLER, LEIPZIG, 1661-1663

A parcel-gilt tea caddy by Hans Scholler, 1661-1663 decorated with large flowers, possibly the present example, is recorded in the collection of Baron Karl Apor of Budapest (M. Rosenberg Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Frankfurt, 1923, vol. 2, p. 246, no. 3045c). Hannelore Muller briefly mentions Baron Karl Apor as the owner of a Transylvanian tankard in her book, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: European Silver, London, 1986, p. 272. Another parcel-gilt tea-caddy by the same maker and of the same date is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum no. M.364:1-1956.