The Wellby Collection

Beaker

Johan Philipp Fucks (b. 1731)

silver-gilt

c. 1735

7.4 cm height

Heraldry:: arms of Boyer of Guyenne and Gascogne
Inscription/Mark: town mark of Strasbourg, c. 1735 (Rosenberg (3) no. 6920-24) (struck on the base)
Maker's mark: 'FUCHS' or 'FUCKS', for Johan Philipp Fucks (struck on the base)

Provenance:&Nbsp; :

Place of Creation: Strasbourg

WA2013.1.315

Oval beaker, silver-gilt, engraved with a band of strapwork around the rim. On one side, possibly later, a coat of arms with a Continental coronet and supporters. The arms are identified by M. Wellby as those of Boyer of Guyenne and Gascogny.

Literature:&Nbsp; : Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Frankfurt, 1922-28)

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.