Early Augsburg snakeskin cup
Silver, gilt. Conical beaker on a sturdy base ring with a profiled lip rim; the wall with fine snakeskin hallmarks. Marks: BZ Augsburg for 1610 - 1612, MZ Hans Schaffeytel (c. 1592 - 1628, Seling no. 0180, 1083), tremolier engraving. H 10 cm, weight 173 g.
Augsburg, Hans Schaffeytel, 1610 - 1612.
Provenance
Galerie Neuse, Bremen 2001; Westphalian private collection.
Literature
Cf. a lidded goblet by the master in the collection of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 118.
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