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" TRINKSPIEL " EN ARGENT ET VERMEIL
PAR DIRICH UTERMAKE, HAMBOURG, VERS 1630, SON POINCON D'ESSAYEUR (1617-1635)
La base circulaire repoussée de cuirs alternés de cupules, l'ombilic appliqué de têtes d'anges, le réservoir décoré d'entrelacs sur fond amati, muni de cinq pailles en forme de canon et d'un robinet avec bouchon en buste féminin, le noeud orné d'enroulements et de feuilles et bordure de perles, la coupe amovible en forme de grappe de raisin, le couvercle avec prise en allégorie de l'Hospitalité, gravé sur le corps et le couvercle des initiales GW surmontées d'une couronne, poinçons sur le pied
Hauteur: 53 cm. (20 7/8 in.)
1356 gr. (47.80 oz. ) (2)
Provenance
Georg-Wilhelm, duc de Calenberg puis de Lunebourg-Celle (1624-1705).
Par descendance dans la famille royale de Hanovre.
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.
Literature
Dans l'inventaire des Hanovre de 1747, p. 126, probablement référencée sous le titre:
4 wine-cups with lids to be distinguished as follows
No 2 without mark
5 (marks) 15 (ounces) 1/8 (lot)
Répertoriée dans le M. Rosenberg, op.cit., vol. II, no. 2386 e), dans les collections du Herzog von Cumberland à Vienne.
Répertoriée dans le Scheffler, Goldschmiede Niedersachsens I, Berlin, 1965, p. 417, no. 838 l).
H. Grandsart, " Les Coupes des Hanovre ", Connaissance des Arts, 2006, numéro 634, illustr. p.14.
Exhibited
Goldschmiedesche-Austellung, Wien-Penzing, 1889, no. 527.
Special Notice
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Further Details
GERMAN PARCEL-GILT TRICK DRINKING CUP (TRINKSPIEL)
MAKER'S MARK OF DIRICH UTERMARKE, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1630 AND WITH HIS MARK ASSAYMASTER'S MARK (1617-1635)
On circular waisted foot, chased with a band of plain lobes interspersed with strapwork, the knop above chased with putto masks, the reservoir with strapwork on matted ground and applied with six canon-shaped 'straws', one capped by a female bust tap, the stem with beaded scroll brackets, the similarly chased cover with a finial emblematic of Hospitality rising from caryatid and scrolling foliage brackets, engraved on body and cover with initials GW beneath a crown, marked on foot
Dirich Utermarke was born in Luneburg in 1565 where his father was a serving member of the Council. He moved to the south of Germany to complete his apprenticeship and worked as a journeyman before returning north to settle in Hamburg as a master in 1599 where he produced major pieces. Over a thirty year working life, he supplied among others the Landgrave of Hesse, the Duke of Saxony, the Duke of Luneburg and the King of Denmark (see H. Schliemann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol.2, no.123, pp. 60-65).
Although how this cup subsequently came in to Duke Georg Wilhelm's possession is not recorded, it is possible, based on the present weight of this cup, that it is the one recorded in a list of items supplied by Utermake, as:
1632 7.5 >>pro detto, so dem Cantzler D.
Heideman auff seiner dochter
Hochtzeit vorehret<<
G.92¾ Lot
which loosely translates as 1 cup for Chancellor D. Heideman on his daughter's wedding (H. Schliemann, op.cit., p.64).
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