An important Renaissance mug
from the Margarete... Lot 400
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An important Renaissance mug
from the Margarete Oppenheim Collection
Silver, partially gilded. On three cherub feet, a narrow stand ring with diamond bar frieze. The almost cylindrical body with circumferential profiled bands and a smooth, slightly flared lip rim. The wall with engraved Renaissance portraits in three round reserves. Unmarked. H 7.8 cm, weight 160 g.
Probably South German, mid-16th century.
We have an amicable agreement with the heirs of Margarete Oppenheim.
Provenance
Formerly Margarete Oppenheim Collection, auctioned Julius Böhler, Munich, May 18 - 22, 1936, lot 173; Kunsthandel Julius Böhler, TEFAF Maastricht 1995; Westphalian private collection.
We are pleased that an amicable agreement has been reached between the consignor and the heirs of Margarete Oppenheim.
Literature
For the type, see a Salzburg beaker in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, illustrated in cat. Goldschmiedewerke der Renaissance, Berlin 1971, no. 49. Cf. also a Strasbourg beaker in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, illustrated in cat. European Silver, London 1986, no. 17.
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