MARK OF JOHANN BROCKMER, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1670

Details

A GERMAN SILVER-GILT TCHARKA
MARK OF JOHANN BROCKMER, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1670
Circular and on plain foot, the bowl with matted and foliage bands and shaped handle, engraved with flowers, the centre with rose and tulips, marked on handle
6 ¼ in. (16 cm .) wide
8 oz. 13 dwt. (270 gr.)

Provenance

With S. J. Phillips, London, April 1984.

Literature

E. Schliemann, Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. 2, p. 193; and vol. 3, pl. 375.

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Lot Essay

Tcharka or charka is sometimes translated as a vodka cup but the form originally served as a measuring cup, an appropriate object for a trading community. In the late 17th and early 18th century Hamburg rose to become a global marketplace and financial centre connecting all of Europe but especially Russia, which has no port of its own in the Baltic apart from Arkhangelsk. Hamburg thus welcomed a large Russian community of traders, whilst many Hamburg merchants resided in Russia. Many new forms of objects, such as the tcharka but also the bratina were introduced.

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