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A Nuremberg silver gilt renaissance beaker

Auction 1253 - overview Cologne
15.11.2024, 10:00 - Silver
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 30.240 € (incl. premium)
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A Nuremberg silver gilt renaissance beaker

Broad, near cylindrical vessel engraved with Moresque motifs and with an ornamental cast silver frieze below the rim on a cast silver base with finely chased relief decor. H 8.4 cm, weight 200 g.
Marks of Christoph Lindenberger, 1569 - 1576.

The collection of the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar houses a beaker by this maker with an identical cast silver ornamental border and foot (inv. no. 1110). The British Museum, London, holds a pair of Lindenberger's goblets for the patrician Tucher family of Nuremberg (Waddesdon Bequest, WB.101).

Provenance

Martin Kiener art dealership, Zurich; private collection.