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Lot 709 Dα

A Groningen silver beaker

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 7.000 € - 9.000 €
Result: 8.750 € (incl. premium)

A Groningen silver beaker

Silver; gold-plated inside. Tapering beaker with flaring rim, gilt interior on a tall basal ring with strapwork and acanthus relief décor. The body decorated with finely engraved flowering tendrils and braid pattern. The base of the cup inset with a Saxon “dreibrüder” taler with portraits of Christian II, Johann Georg I and August von Sachsen, dated 1605. Brands: BZ Groningen for 1630/31, MZ Frans Muntinck (1596 - 1630). Mint master Heinrich von Rehnen (Leipzig, 1604 - 25). Tremolier engraving H 13.3 cm, weight 227 g.
Marks of Frans Muntinck, 1630 – 31.

Provenance

Aardewerk art dealers, The Hague, 2007; Dutch private ownership.

Literature

For this type cf. cat.: Zilver in Groningen, Groningen 2011, p. 71 ff. Cf. also cat.: Groninger Keur, Groningen 1997, no. 2, 6, 11. For illus. of the marks cf. ibid. p. 254, 266.