An important early Frankfurt silver gilt communion jug - image-1
An important early Frankfurt silver gilt communion jug - image-2
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Lot 998 Dα

An important early Frankfurt silver gilt communion jug

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 30.000 € - 35.000 €

An important early Frankfurt silver gilt communion jug

Baluster form jug decorated with embossed motifs on a round domed base. The hinged lid with a finely chased cherub's head forming the thumbrest. H 37 cm, weight 1,364 g.
Marks of Johann Jacob Leumann I, c. 1650.

Provenance

Former collection of Georg Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main (1870 - 1954); subsequently in family ownership.

Literature

Scheffler mentions a pair of altar candles by this maker in the Evangelical church of Herborn (no. 224 a).