European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics

European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics

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Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, Sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation

A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Nef, Tobias Wolff, Nuremberg, Circa 1620

Lot Closed

April 19, 04:41 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, Sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation


A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Nef, Tobias Wolff, Nuremberg, Circa 1620


the deck applied with three sailors with traces of cold enamel, two more figures in the rigging, the boat with border of foliage, the base chased with marine monsters


city and maker's mark on hull and maker's mark repeated on foot, French control mark on foot


12 oz

373 g

height 16 ¼ in.

41.3 cm

Similar examples can be found in Karin Tebbe, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868 Part 1 , vol. 2Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 2007, p. 746-8 and in exhibition catalogue Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1500 - 1700, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1985, p. 274-5.