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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD

Lot 12
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1360187
Lot 12 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK A HOUSE MARK, POSSIBLY FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN, CIRCA 1560-70
Tapering cylindrical on spreading foot raised on three cast winged cherub heads, the sides chased as panels and applied with six cast panels, possibly later, depicting wild masks amid foliage, fruit and strapwork, engraved with arabesques between, cast caryatid handle, the hinged domed cover with conforming decoration and applied with six smaller panels cast with cherub masks against strapwork, with central cast finial in the form of a standing male figure holding an escutcheon engraved with crossed knives, supported on a fluted flange pedestal flanked by cast and openwork lizards, fish and insects, with cast corkscrew thumbpiece, the interior of the base set with a medallion representing the Adoration of the Magi and outside the Burning Bush, with verses corresponding to Exodus and the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, marked on foot with town mark and maker's mark, the foot and cover also with 19th century Austrian control marks
6 5/8 in. (16.6 cm.) high
29 oz. 7 dwt. (913 gr.)




Provenance

Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886), of Frankfurt, banker and collector, by bequest to his seventh and youngest daughter,
Bertha Clara von Rothschild (1862-1903), by bequest to her husband Louis-Marie Philippe Alexandre Berthier, Prince de Wagram (1836-1911),
The former collection of Baron Carl Mayer [sic.] de Rothschild; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12-13 June 1911, lot 45 (Fr 18,000 to (sold to Rosenbaum).
Maximilian Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843-1940), Frankfurt am Main, until his forced sale to the City of Frankfurt am Main in 1938.
Museum für Kunsthandwerk (now the Museum Angewandte Kunst), Frankfurt am Main, 11 November, 1938 (inv. no. G.R.142).
Restituted to the heirs of Maximilian Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild;
The Estate of Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13-14 April 1950, lot 111.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 1 July 1983.



Literature

M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Frankfurt am Main, 1923, vol. II, p. 82, no. 2026.
T. Schroder, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988, illustrated fig. 105.
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 9, pp. 91-93.
M. Wagner K. & K. Weiler, eds., The Collection of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Cologne, 2023, no. G.R.142, pp. 482-483 (ill.).



Exhibited

Frankfurt, Germany, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Alte Goldschmiede-Arbeiten aus Frankfurter Privatebesitz u. Kirchenschätzen, 1914, no. 74.



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Please note that the correct date for the third line of provenance should be 12-13 June 1911. This is reflected in the cataloguing on our website. Please contact the department with any questions.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Category:Tankards
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