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drinking vessel in shape of a lion
Lost Art-ID
573943
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Deutschland (wohl))
Title
drinking vessel in shape of a lion
Place of manufacture
Deutschland (wohl)
Dating
1575/1600
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / gilded
Height
39.20 cm
Inventory number
G.R.759
Description
A lion walking on his hind legs. In his right praw, that is streched straight forward, a semicircular bowl, the left one streched down behind, that was maybe holding an emblem. The tail turns up on it's back in a S-shape. On top of the removeable head a small crown. The upper part of the pedastal is forming the soil with plants. Below a deep cove with soldered ornaments and wide bead. This one embossed: scrolls, fruits, angels heads, animals. Completely gilt. Mark: At edge of foot six partly faint or just half existing marks, three times the same (towered wall with walking lion?), import sign of the Netherlands R. 7555, ET inside rectangle, small, faint sign in a peaked oval
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.759; Müller-Ruzika (barter january 1943 together with G.R.406); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Sign. 46
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