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Lot 772 Dα

An Ulm silver christening beaker

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.400 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)

An Ulm silver christening beaker

A silver-gilt beaker of tapering cylindrical form with snakeskin décor. Engraved with a dedication around the rim commemorating the birth and christening of a baby girl: "Ao. 1702. d: 7. Aprill nachts umb i2 uhr ward zu Albeckh Gebohren Maria Magdalena Baldingeren, dero wünschet ihr Gevatter Hans Vlrich Baldinger. leben und Seegen." With the coat of arms of the Ulm patrician family Baldinger to the underside. H 7.7 cm, weight 87 g.
Marks of Caspar Mayer, around 1700.

Hans Ulrich Baldinger (1630–1707) was mayor of Ulm from 1689 to 1707. Rosenberg mentions this beaker as belonging to the collection of Major v. Baldinger in Stuttgart in 1891, but dates it to 1703.

Provenance

Cf. A christening beaker by Mayer illus. in cat.: Goldschmiedekunst in Ulm, Ulm 1990, no. 54.

Literature

Cf. A christening beaker by Mayer illus. in cat.: Goldschmiedekunst in Ulm, Ulm 1990, no. 54.