The Wellby Collection

Beaker and cover

Jacob Iserman (active 1521 - 1546)

silver-gilt

1523

16.3 cm height

Date: '1523' (engraved on the rim)
Inscription/Mark: double eagle resembling the Lübeck town marks (Rosenberg 3139-3143, but not exactly corresponding) (struck on the base)
Maker's mark: hour-glass (probably Rosenberg 3159) (struck on the rim)

Provenance:&Nbsp; :

Place of Creation: Lübeck

WA2013.1.36

Silver-gilt beaker and cover embossed with lobes; floral finial; three feet in the form of bulbous plants. Around the rim of the cup is engraved a band of dophin-scroll decoration with cherubs

Literature:&Nbsp; : Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Frankfurt, 1922-28), no. 3139-3143, 3159

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.