Thursday, 26 January 2023

Ebony Drinking Vessel with Silver Filigree Mounts the lid cast in the style of Wendel Jamnitzer


 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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