An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-1
An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-2
An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-3
An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-4
An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-1An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-2An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-3An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken - image-4

Lot 1038 Dα

An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 58.000 € - 65.000 €
Result: 71.920 € (incl. premium)
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An important partially gilt Augsburg silver communion jug made for the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Engraved with the arms of alliance of the counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken and the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, monogrammed "LSGZN GGZH" and dated 1728. H 30 cm, weight 1,182 g.
Marks of Johann II Pepfenhauser, 1728.

Countess Luise Sophie of Nassau-Saarbrücken and Ottweiler (1662 - 1751) donated this communion jug following the death of her husband Count Friedrich Ludwig on 25th May 1728. Thus, the monogram would read: Luise Sophie Gräfin zu Nassau, geborene Gräfin zu Hanau. The jug was presumably intended for the evangelical church in Ottweiler which houses the Nassau-Saarbrücken family tomb.

Literature

For this type, cf.: Fritz, Das evangelische Abendmahlsgerät in Deutschland, no. 262 ff. For Pepfenhauser cf. Seling 1980, illus. 817, 891, and cat. Slg. Huelsmann, Bielefeld 1986, p. 164 f.