MARK OF ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1711-1715

Details

A GERMAN SILVER-GILT AND PAINTED ENAMEL BEAKER
MARK OF ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1711-1715
Tapering cylindrical engraved with scrolled borders to the foot and upper rim, painted to the body with a scene of figures in an interior, including a scene of a man propositioning a woman whilst being pickpocketed, marked on underside
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 2001, lot 224.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, April 2003.

Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 43, pp. 192-193.

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Lot Essay

Elias Adam (1669-1745), whose mark is reproduced in H. Seling, Die Augsburger Gold- und Silverschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 2007, no. 1964, pp. 459-462, became a master in 1703. He was a prolific goldsmith who specialized in works mounted with enamels, such as seen in the present lot. The source for the enameled scene, depicting a man getting pickpocketed in a brothel surrounded by other cavorting figures, also appears on one of a pair of beakers in the collection of the Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg where the painted enamel has been attributed to Johann Jakob Priester (1660-1726), one of the most well known Augsburg enamellers.

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