A HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
THE CUP WITH MARK OF JOHANNES (HANS) SCHELKER, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1640; THE COVER WITH MARK OF JOHANNES CHRISTOPHORUS SCHWARTZ, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1700
Cylindrical, on a circular waisted foot chased with lobes and on rim of chased stylized foliage, rising to a tubular stem applied with cast strapwork surmounted by caryatids, the lower part of the cup with flutes, the body repoussé and chased with strapwork enclosing fruit and foliage on a matted ground above a band of chased floral motifs, the circular domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a fully-modeled standing putto on a lobed calyx, marked on body and cover
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high; 11 oz. 10 dwt. (367 gr.)
A HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
THE CUP WITH MARK OF JOHANNES (HANS) SCHELKER, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1640; THE COVER WITH MARK OF JOHANNES CHRISTOPHORUS SCHWARTZ, NAGYSZEBEN, CIRCA 1700
Cylindrical, on a circular waisted foot chased with lobes and on rim of chased stylized foliage, rising to a tubular stem applied with cast strapwork surmounted by caryatids, the lower part of the cup with flutes, the body repoussé and chased with strapwork enclosing fruit and foliage on a matted ground above a band of chased floral motifs, the circular domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a fully-modeled standing putto on a lobed calyx, marked on body and cover
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high; 11 oz. 10 dwt. (367 gr.)
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