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Pokal of lobster claws
Lost Art-ID
573945
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Deutschland oder Schweiz)
Title
Pokal of lobster claws
Place of manufacture
Deutschland oder Schweiz
Dating
1601/1625
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / parcel-gilt
Height
31.50 cm
Width
32.00 cm
Inventory number
G.R.1334
Description
The bigger part of the lobsters claw is forming a ship, the smaller part is forming the roof of the back castle/captains cabin. At long sides a dew made of silver wire, on both sides ranks of leaves. Two cross mountings with ornaments and two female half-figures and winged angels' heads. At bow a warrior with staff and acorn (?), at stern a big mask with a straw in the mouth, below a cancer. Above a lion with sword. At deck two warriors with lance. On both sides a railing made of beads of dews and at each six antique silver coins. Canopy-column: double baluster. Roof surrounded with dew, below foliage, above a crown of lilies; at front a hugh lion head, at roof two moulded peaks. At plainly cambared foot 12 antique silver coins are inlaid. Center arised within a cove, surrounded by a dew. Stem with node, rosette of leaves and twistet upper part. The junction to the ship with open-worked C-scrolls. Mark: At edge of foot, hallmark split shield (not at R), masters sign W with cross (not at R)
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.1334; Müller-Ruzika (exchange february 1942 together with G.R.508); 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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