The Wellby Collection

Double cup

silver-gilt

c. 1520

12 cm height

Inscription/Mark: French 19th century swan import mark
Inscription/Mark: three little marks (later import marks?)
Inscription/Mark: reversed 'N' for Nuremberg (struck on the rim of one cup)

Provenance:&Nbsp; : Mistinguett, Paris

Place of Creation: Nuremberg

WA2013.1.34

Pair of footed cups, silver-gilt, joining to make a double cup. The foot and body of each has embossed lobs and there are two bands of cresting.

Literature:&Nbsp; : Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Frankfurt, 1922-28), no. 3786, 3687
Karin Tebbe, Ursula Timann, Thomas Eser, Ralf Schürer, Birgit Schübel, Peggy Grosse, Said Habib, Ulrike Rathjen, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, 3 (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, 2007), p. Band 1, Teil 1; no. BZ02 c or d
Paris, Hotel Drouot, Bijoux ayant appartenu à Mistinguett, objets de vitrine: argenterie ancienne et moderne des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, art 1900-1925..., porcelaines et faïences..., objets d'art, meubles... : collection de Monsieur X et à divers amateurs; 25/26-05-19811981), no. 55

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.