Search Request | Object report

drinking vessel in shape of a bear

Lost Art-ID

573937

Artist / Creator

Umbach, Leonhard (wohl)

Birth

Augsburg

Death

1593 (nach)

First mentioned

1579

Last mentioned

Augsburg

Title

drinking vessel in shape of a bear

Place of manufacture

Augsburg

Dating

1580 (um)

Object type

Vessel

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Metal (Silver) / gilded

Height

19.00 cm

Weight

315.00 g

Inventory number

G.R.505

Description

A bear sitting on his hind legs. Holding his paws in front of his body. Fastened on a embossed chain. A moulded collar. Head removeable. Gewicht: 315 g, Mark: At collar and rim at neck, hallmark of Augsburg R.126 (1576 - 1583), masters mark house mark R.399 maybe by Leonhard Umbach (marriage 1579, died 1614)

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.505; Müller-Ruzika (exchange 1941 together with G.R.512 and G.R.530); 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