A GERMAN RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT TAZZA

Lot 8
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1027441
Lot 8 | A GERMAN RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT TAZZA
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
A GERMAN RENAISSANCE SILVER-GILT TAZZA

MAKER'S MARK A HOUSEMARK POSSIBLY FOR HIERONYMUS ZEINER, AUGSBURG, 1578-1586, DATED 1580

On spreading circular foot chased with a border of scales and bosses, the center chased with four grotesque masks interspersed with fruiting trophies surrounding the baluster stem applied with three female busts, the circular dish chased with four oval cartouches enclosing scenes depicting the four virtues, Justice, Temperance, Hope and Charity, the central cartouche with Mars holding a staff and framed by a laurel wreath, all interspersed with fruiting trophies, the underside of the foot applied with an enameled plaque with a coat-of-arms and the name Wilhelm Praun 1580, marked on foot-rim

7 in. (17.5 cm.) high

17 oz. 18 dwt. (558 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

Wilhelm Praun or von Praun.

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

The maker's mark found on the present lot is illustrated under no. 1062 in Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede 1529-1868: Meister - Marken - Werke, Munich, 2007.
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