Description & Technical information
Covered cups were widely used in the Germanic regions in the 16th and 17th centuries. This work is an unusual variant, characterized by a cup shaped like a high chalice.
Heinrich Eichler, a renowned goldsmith, worked in particular on the exceptional Prunkkabinet preserved at the Braunschweig Museum (Kunstmuseum des Landes Niedersachsen, inv. n° 71).
Date: 1653-1655
Period: 17th century
Origin: Augsburg
Medium: Chiselled and silver gilt
Dimensions: 27.5 cm (10⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, band I, page 131, N° 632.
Christine Kowalski, Die Augsburger Prunkkabinette mit Uhr von Heinrich Eichler d. Ä. (1637-1719) und seiner Werkstatt, Neue Forschungen zur deutschen Kunst, vol. X, 2011.
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