Lot 442 D α

An important silver gilt mazer cup. Unmarked, Swiss or South German, 16th C.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 10:30 - Silver, Boxes, and Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 14.000 € - 17.000 €
Result: 17.360 € (incl. premium)
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An important silver gilt mazer cup. Unmarked, Swiss or South German, 16th C.

H 18.5 cm.

Provenance

Blumka Gallery, New York, 1958; The Seagram Collection, New York, auctioned by Artcurial Paris 15th March 2005; Private collection, Belgium.

Literature

For this type cf.: Gruber, Weltliches Silber, Bern 1977, illus. 53 ff; and: Lösel, Zürcher Goldschmiedekunst, Zurich 1983, no. 33. Cf. also a mazer from the Sammlung Huelsmann, illus. in cat.: Europäisches Kunsthanderk 1500 - 1800, Bielefeld 1986, p. 213.