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drinking vessel in shape of a bear

Lost Art-ID

573938

Artist / Creator

Unknown (Augsburg, Deutschland)

Title

drinking vessel in shape of a bear

Place of manufacture

Augsburg

Dating

1600 (um)

Object type

Vessel

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Metal (Silver) / gilded

Height

16.50 cm

Weight

394.00 g

Inventory number

G.R.507

Description

A bear sitting on his hind legs holds a revolver at his paws. Engraved belt, with an embossed bag on it with a goose inside. Moulded collar. Weight: 394 g, Mark: No hallmarks of town or masters. At rim of neck Austrian new hallmark 1806 - 1807 (R.7875), Austrian free stamp 1809 - 1810 (R.7884)

Provenance

collection Maximilian Freiherr von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt/M.; city Frankfurt am Main (purchase contract of 11.11.1938), Museum für Kunsthandwerk, inventory number G.R.507; Müller-Ruzika (exchange august 1942); whereabouts unknown

Literature / Source

Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Sign. 46

Published since

10.01.2018

Contact

Dr. Sabine Rudolph

Phone

+49 (0)351 / 448 333-0

E-Mail

s.rudolph@steinmeier.eu