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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET OSTRICH-FORM CUP AND COVER

Lot 30
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 30 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET OSTRICH-FORM CUP AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET OSTRICH-FORM CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ANDREAS I WICKERT, AUGSBURG, 1651-1654
Formed as a walking ostrich, the vessel stands on a domed oval base with crimped rim, chased with plants, rockwork and stumps and with applied cast lizards, the ovoid-shaped body of polished silver, engraved on the front with a coat-of-arms and onto which are soldered the tail feathers and raised wings, the cast head and neck are detachable and embellished with a pale blue enameled collar set with rubies, underside of base engraved with various sets of later initials and dated 1708, marked on body and base with maker’s mark and town mark, base, body, flange of head, and horseshoe with later Austrian control marks
18 ¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
76 ozt. 12 dwt. (2,382 gr.)
The arms are those of Koffler for Johann Joseph Koffler, Edler von Kofflern (1708-1767). The later inscriptions on the underside include various initials and the date 1708.




Provenance

Johann Joseph Koffler, Edler von Kofflern ((1708-1767), circa 1752, presumably presented by him to the town of Leoben, Austria.
Sold by the Leoben town council to Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905) in 1884 or 1885 for 12,000 gulden, then by descent to his brother,
Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), then by descent to his son,
Alphonse (1878-1942) and Clarice (1894-1967) Rothschild, Vienna.
Confiscated from the above by the Nazi authorities following the “Anschluss” of Austria, 1938.
In the collection of the Landesmuseum Joanneum (now the Universalmuseum Joanneum), Graz, Austria, 1947-2000.
Restituted to the heirs of Alphonse and Clarice Rothschild, 2000.
The Collection of the Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild; Christie's, London, 13 June 2001, lot 229.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 14 June 2001.



Literature

Mittheilungen der k.k. Central-Commission zur Erforschung und Erhaltung historischer Denkmale, Vienna, XLJg, 1885, Neue Folge, S.LXVIII-LXIX.
N. Rothschild, Notizen über Einige Meiner Kunstgegenstände, Vienna, 1903, p. 70, cat. no. 158.
B. Sutter, Goldschmiedekunst im 150. Jahre seit der Stiftung des Joanneums, Graz, 1961, p. 130 and pl. 8.
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529- 1868, Munich, 1980, no. 1451k where this cup is cited.
Neue Zeit, Graz, 4 April 2000.
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 29, pp. 150-151.



Exhibited

Graz, Austria, Museum für Kunstgewerbe am Landesmuseum Joanneum (inv. No. 25768), 1947 or earlier - 2000.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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