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Lot 1014 Dα

A Silver Altar Jug of the Dresden Kreuzkirche

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 14.000 € - 18.000 €
Result: 17.360 € (incl. premium)
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A Silver Altar Jug of the Dresden Kreuzkirche

With the inscribed dedication "Donum Dn: Bernhardi Schmidy, Civis et Mercatoris Dresdensis. Ao, 1634." Engraved to the underside "Ist gefertiget 1665" and "Wieget 4 M 7 Lot 2 1/2 q.". H 20.5 cm, weight 1,022 g.
Marks of Jakob Watzky, ca. 1665.

Provenance

Acquired at auction house Bamberger, Nuremberg, 1977; South German collection.

Literature

For a detailed description cf. Gurlitt, Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, Dresden 1903, issue 21, p. 39; for the type of jugs cf. Fritz, Das evangelische Abendmahlsgerät in Deutschland, Leipzig 2004, p. 280 ff.