Footed beaker
Literature
Tihamér Gyárfás. A brassai ötvösség története. Brassó, 1912, pp. 109–10, no. 198.
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 45, no. 108.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 62, no. 40.
References
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 219 [maker’s mark].
See also Erdély régi művészeti emlékeinek kiállítása az Iparművészeti múzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenbürgen. Exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1931, p. 40, no. 191, pl. VII.
A similar beaker was sold by Sotheby’s, New York, April 11, 2000, p. 26, no. 52.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Tihamér Gyárfás. A brassai ötvösség története. Brassó, 1912, pp. 109–10, no. 198.
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 45, no. 108.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 62, no. 40.
References
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 219 [maker’s mark].
See also Erdély régi művészeti emlékeinek kiállítása az Iparművészeti múzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenbürgen. Exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1931, p. 40, no. 191, pl. VII.
A similar beaker was sold by Sotheby’s, New York, April 11, 2000, p. 26, no. 52.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Artwork Details
- Title: Footed beaker
- Maker: Georgius Gebell II (master in 1648, died 1653)
- Date: mid-17th century
- Culture: Hungarian, Brassó
- Medium: Silver, partly gilded
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 15/16 x 2 13/16 in. (15.1 x 7.1 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010
- Object Number: 2010.110.26
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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