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Lot 1001 Dα

An important Augsburg silver gilt columbine cup

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 15:00 - Treasures from a Lower Saxon Collection
Estimate: 40.000 € - 60.000 €
Result: 54.560 € (incl. premium)

An important Augsburg silver gilt columbine cup

Gadrooned waisted foot, the shaft formed as a young bacchus holding a bunch of grapes and a staff with a pinecone. The upper lobes of the goblet decorated with grotesques, the corresponding lid crowned by a large vase of flowers. H 65 cm, weight 1,380 g.
Marks of Elias I Drentwett, circa 1617.

Literature

Cf. an opulent lavabo garniture by Drentwett made for Arch Duke Karl of Austria, now housed in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, illus. in Seling 1980, no. 346 f.