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MARK OF MATTHÄUS SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1683
Details
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CUP
MARK OF MATTHÄUS SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1683
The cup tapering cylindrical and on a spreading domed foot, the foot chased with military trophies, the stem cast as a camel supported on the backs on Turkish prisoners, the bowl chased with a scene of the Turkish and Allied army's battling at the walls of Vienna below an inscription, marked near rim and on foot
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
21 oz. (639 gr.)
The inscription translates as 'The Victory of the Emperor Leopold I over two hundred thousand Turks and the Grand Vizier with the help of the B.V.M. and the Christian Princes on September 12 1683'
MARK OF MATTHÄUS SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1683
The cup tapering cylindrical and on a spreading domed foot, the foot chased with military trophies, the stem cast as a camel supported on the backs on Turkish prisoners, the bowl chased with a scene of the Turkish and Allied army's battling at the walls of Vienna below an inscription, marked near rim and on foot
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
21 oz. (639 gr.)
The inscription translates as 'The Victory of the Emperor Leopold I over two hundred thousand Turks and the Grand Vizier with the help of the B.V.M. and the Christian Princes on September 12 1683'
Provenance
The collection of Dr. A. Figdor, Vienna
Dr. A. Figdor, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29-30 September 1930, lot 451
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 24 October 1968, lot 145
Dr. A. Figdor, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29-30 September 1930, lot 451
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 24 October 1968, lot 145
Literature
H. Seling Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, vol. II, no. 425
Erster Teil, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor. Wien, Vienna, 1930, no. 451
Kunsthistoriches Museum Vorlaufiges Kurzes Verzeichnis der Dr. Albert Figdor-Stiftung, Vienna, 1931
Erster Teil, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor. Wien, Vienna, 1930, no. 451
Kunsthistoriches Museum Vorlaufiges Kurzes Verzeichnis der Dr. Albert Figdor-Stiftung, Vienna, 1931
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