THREE HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT GRADUATED BEAKERS
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THREE HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT GRADUATED BEAKERS

PROBABLY TRANSYLVANIA, MID 17TH CENTURY

已結束2011年5月17日

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THREE HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT GRADUATED BEAKERS
PROBABLY TRANSYLVANIA, MID 17TH CENTURY
Each of tapering cylindrical form, the body chased all over with dense bands of wavy lines, one side engraved with a wreath enclosing a coat-of-arms and helm within mantling and a later inscription APORISTUAN 1694, the plain rim each engraved with a number VI, XVI, and XII, apparently unmarked
The largest 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high; 53 oz. 10 dwt. (1,667 gr.) (3)

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Sets of beakers were frequently commissioned by aristocratic Hungarian families. The chased wavy lines, made using an "S"-shaped punch, created a decorative effect unique to 17th-century Hungarian silver. Judit H. Kolba identifies the technique as "fleecing," referring to the decoration's stylized resemblance to a lamb's coat.

Similar beakers are in the collections of the Museum of Applied Art in Budapest (inv. no. 64.307), and the Hungarian National Museum (inv. no. 1949.353-355). Another example, bearing an inscription dated 1656 and with an unknown maker's mark, was in the collection of Nicolas M. Salgo, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see Baroque Splendor: The Art of the Hungarian Goldsmith, 1994, pp. 49-50, and Judit H. Kolba, Hungarian Silver: the Nicholas M. Salgo Collection, 1996, p. 64).

A very similar beaker was sold as part of the Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Christie's, Paris, 24 February 2009, lot 161.