A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CUP IN THE THE FORM OF AN OWL

Lot 17
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ID 1360141
Lot 17 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CUP IN THE THE FORM OF AN OWL
Valeur estimée
$ 100 000 – 150 000
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CUP IN THE THE FORM OF AN OWL
MAKER'S MARK A LEAFY BRANCH, DONAUWÖRTH, CIRCA 1600
The coconut carved with feathers and wings, with three straps pierced and engraved with animals and flowers, the detachable cover chased as the owl's head with feathers and parcel-gilt eyes, the feet standing on a spool-shaped base, the top chased with masks, putti, and strapwork, with a later inscription on the neck and the foot rim dated 1712, engraved on underside XX lot, marked on side of cover, flange of neck, and foot rim, with assay scrape to underside
7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
12 oz. (373.2 gr.) gross weight
The engraved inscription around the neck reads, TRINCKHET HIERAVS ALLE VND TVET DIS ZVE VNSER GEDECHTNVS. S PAVL AD CORINIT CAP 11, which is a variation of 1 Corinthians, chapter 11, verse 25 ("This do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me').
The engraved inscription around the base rim reads, Georg Adam Wocher Teutsch Ord Rath und Obervogt zu Achberg. Maria Franc. Claudia Josepha Wocherin geb V Lönörin A 1712 H.T.R.O. [Hoher Teutscher Ritter Ordens] (Georg Adam Wocher, councillor of the Teutonic Order and chief steward of Achberg. Maria Franc[ziska] Claudia Josepha Wocher, née von Lönörin A[nno] 1712 High Knight of the Teutonic Order).




Provenance

Georg Adam Wocher (1678-1753).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 25 April 1978, lot 288.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London, 28 April 1978.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 17, pp. 111-113.
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