Lot 502 D α

A Worms parcel gilt Renaissance silver beaker

Auction 1253 - overview Cologne
15.11.2024, 10:00 - Silver
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.930 € (incl. premium)

A Worms parcel gilt Renaissance silver beaker

Tapering vessel decorated with finely engraved strapwork and scrolls on a thick basal ring. H 9.8 cm, weight 127 g.
Marks of Wolff Kremer, late 16th C.

Provenance

Neuse Gallery, Bremen, 1993; Collection of Harald Stein, Hanover; Lempertz May 19, 2006, lot 400; Sotheby's London Oct 18, 2017; private collection.

Literature

See cat. Ein rheinischer Silberschatz - Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz, Cologne 1980, No. 305 for an illustration of a similar Worms cup, from the end of the 16th century.