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Lot 69 Dα

A Hamburg parcel gilt silver columbine cup and cover. Marks of Hinrich Ohmßen, 1642 - 58.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 14.000 € - 18.000 €

A Hamburg parcel gilt silver columbine cup and cover. Marks of Hinrich Ohmßen, 1642 - 58.

Designed as a lobed and waisted cup with chased acanthus decor and corresponding slip lid, supported by a cast baluster shaft resting on a lobed base. A tiny loss to the base of the shaft. H 32.5 cm, weight 250 g.

Provenance

Private collection, Austria.

Literature

Works by this master can today be found in many important collections, such as a tankard made for the fellowship of shipwrights kept in the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, illus. in: Schliemann 1985, no. 201. Cf. also the so-called "Altenstadt-Pokal" by Ohmßen from the collection of Yves Saint-Laurent, sold by Christie's in Paris in February 2009 as lot 208.