Ebony Drinking Vessel with Silver Filigree Mounts,
the Cast Silver lid in the style of Wendel Jamnizer.
At Skokloster Castle.
https://samlingar.shm.se/object/6239D892-FCF8-4ADD-8DFD-A11DA749DE36
Height 18.5 cms
The cup made c:a 1780-1800, the lid second half of the 16th century. At the mouth loose border of filigree. Four-sided footplate. Ebony lid completely covered in silver plate with molded lizards, shells and twigs in free-sculpture. The lid in the form of a natural cast with lizards and plants in Wensel Jamnitzer's art.
The Lid probably Germany (Nuremberg?) around 1500 second
half. The cup otherwise probably Scandinavia or England around SEK 1780-1800. Unmarked
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