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Lot 717 Dα

A Gdansk silver columbine chalice

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)

A Gdansk silver columbine chalice

Silver; gold-plated. Silver-gilt goblet with a round gadrooned base supporting a short baluster-form shaft with foliate décor and a cuppa engraved with flowers amid gadrooned motifs. The lid with corresponding décor and a model of a Roman soldier for the finial. Brands: BZ Danzig for 1676 - 81, MZ Johann Meinertz (1680 - 1709, Gradowski No. 5, G477A). H 33 cm, weight 468 g.
Marks of Johann Meinertz, 1680/81.

Literature

For this maker cf.: Frackowska, Gdansk Silver Tankards of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Warschau 2013, p. 355 ff, 428.