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Lot 1000 Dα

A very large Augsburg silver gilt colombine cup

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 50.000 € - 55.000 €
Result: 65.000 € (incl. premium)
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A very large Augsburg silver gilt colombine cup

Round base with six embossed lobes supporting a pierced shaft and waisted cup with fine matte decor around two registers of large lobed motifs. The domed lid with conforming decor and a scroll finial. The inside of the lid inset with a gilt medal commemorating the Peace of Westphalia made in Leipzig by Sebastian Dadler in around 1650, with a depiction of the goddess Pax and the inscription "GOTT LOB DER UNS SO GÜTIG LIEBT, DEM KRIEGE WEHRT UND FRIDE GIBT" H 63 cm, weight 1,414 g.
Marks of Hans Endres, 1651 - 1654 .

Following recent research, this mark has been attributed to Endres by the "Archiv zur Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst", it is missing from Seling's publication.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. also a beaker by Endres' in the Berner Gesellschaftshaus, illus. in: Wyss, Handwerkskunst in Gold und Silber, Bern 1996, no. 147; with an illustration of his mark on p. 293.