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Lot 702 Dα

A Nuremberg Renaissance silver tankard

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 18.750 € (incl. premium)
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A Nuremberg Renaissance silver tankard

Silver; gold-plated. Silver gilt cylindrical tankard on a rounded base, decorated with scrollwork in bas relief and garlands of fruit hung from depictions of game animals in three oval reserves. With a detailed herm handle, domed hinged lid with corresponding décor and a putto riding on a dolphin for the thumb rest. A small monogram “M.v.B.” to the underside. Brands: BZ Nürnberg for 1603 - 06, MZ Nicolaus I Emmerling (1587 - 1606, GNM No. BZ12, 206), tremolier engraving, Prussian tax stamp of 1809. H 17 cm, weight 559 g.
Marks of Nicolaus I Emmerling, 1603 – 06.

Provenance

From a German aristocratic collection.

Literature

For this master, cf. cat.: Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Munich 1985, p. 179. A “jungfrauenbecher” by Emmerling in the collection of Rudolf-August Oetker, illus. in cat.: Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1500 - 1700, Munich 1985, no. 14.