A Nuremberg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-1
A Nuremberg silver gilt snakeskin beaker - image-2
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Lot 1613 Dα

A Nuremberg silver gilt snakeskin beaker

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 16.120 € (incl. premium)
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A Nuremberg silver gilt snakeskin beaker

A conical beaker on a moulded, slightly flared foot. Stamped to the underside with inventory no. 21 and a flower-shaped collector's stamp. H 9.8 cm, weight 193 g.
Marks of Christoph Jamnitzer, ca. 1600.

Christoph Jamnitzer was the grandson of the great master Wenzel Jamnitzer, and can boast a similarly impressive oeuvre. The famous "Mohrenkopfpokal" of the Wettiner family, today housed in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich, is an example of his work.

Literature

For more on Christoph Jamnitzer cf. cat.: Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nuremberg 1985, no. 89 ff. Cf. also cat. GNM 2007 with numerous illustrations of his works, such as nos. 141, 189, 191, 193.