Live Auction 2591Important Silver and Objects of Vertu
A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Lot 68

A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

CIRCA 1600, MAKER'S MARK PB (SIMILAR TO KOSZEGHY NO. 169), PROBABLY NAGYZEBEN

Closed19 October 2012

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A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
CIRCA 1600, MAKER'S MARK PB (SIMILAR TO KOSZEGHY NO. 169), PROBABLY NAGYZEBEN
Flaring cylindrical, the rim engraved with scrolling foliate band, the body applied with rope-twist band, marked under base, also engraved under base with a monogram
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; 4 oz. (124 gr.)

Specialist note

A nearly identical beaker, by Simon Kontz, Nagyzeben, 1589-98, is illustrated in Judit H. Kolba, Hungarian Silver, The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection, 1996, p. 29, no. 7.