A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker - image-1
A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker - image-2
A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker - image-1A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker - image-2

Lot 458 Dα

A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 4.836 € (incl. premium)

A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker

Conical beaker with flared rim on a high foot with owner's inscription below "TASNADI*LAKATOS*YANOS". Decorated with a teardrop design amid scrolls. Two soldered repairs to the body. H 22.3 cm, weight 256 g.
Unmarked, Hungary/Transylvania, circa 1580.

Literature

Cf. an almost identical beaker illus. in cat.: Kunstschätze des Ungarischen Nationalmuseums, Budapest 1973, no. 3. For this type cf.: Heller, Ungarische und Siebenbürgische Goldschmiedearbeiten, Munich 2000, pl. VI, and nos. 20, 28.