Lot 2
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A German parcel-gilt silver wager cup, Elias Zorer, Augsburg, 1602-1606

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Silver-gilt
  • 22.5cm., 8 3/4 in. high
formed as a courtly lady with detachable ruff, stippled to simulate lace, pivoting detachable upper cup (possibly a replacement), painted inventory numbers 1937, 34

Provenance

Ludwig Kahn Speyer, Vienna (1844-1909)
Emma Budge, née Lazarus, Hamburg (1852-1937)
The forced sale of her estate: Paul Graupe, Berlin, Die Sammlung Frau Emma Budge, 27, 28, & 29 September, 1937, lot 198
Berlin Kunstgewerbemuseum
Restituted to the heirs of Emma Budge 2015

Literature

Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold und Silberschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 2007, no. 1019 (d)
Klaus Pechstein, Goldschmiedewerke der Renaissance Kataloge des Kunstgewerbermuseums Berlin, 1971, Band V, no. 65

Condition

Marks clear on figure. Small split in rim of skirt, small dent in same rim, traces of lacquer on this rim, upper cup with small split where it joins the swing mount and repair to the other join, wear to the gilding of the upper cup and upper cup does not swing freely. General condition and colour or the figure is good.
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