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Lot 1618 Dα

A Nuremberg silver gilt chalice

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
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A Nuremberg silver gilt chalice

A gadrooned chalice resting on a corresponding foot, the finial formed as a figure of the goddess Minerva. H 38 cm, weight 504 g.
Marks of Michael Müllner, 1612 - 50.

Michael Müllner was an important Nuremberg goldsmith who, together with such makers as Hans Petzold, began creating works in a revived gothic taste in the early 17th century. Examples of his pieces can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum in London, the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, the Armoury of the Kremlin in Moscow, and the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich.

Literature

Cf. a chalice by Müllner in: Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, illus. cat.: GNM 2007, no. 355. A further chalice in the Swedish National Museum Stockholm, illus. in cat.: European Silver 1500 - 1850, Stockholm 2011, p. 119.