Antique European Filigree: Two 18th Century Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Chalices.

Thursday 25 May 2023

Two 18th Century Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Chalices.

1. Archbishop Franz Ferdinand Khünburg's Chalice. 1716.

Here attributed to Leonard Maier.

The more I investigate Italian Filigree, the more complex it becomes to identify.

Something of a minefield.

Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree, Enamel and Garnets.

Johann de Ambrosy?

Archbishop Franz Ferdinand Khünburg's chalice with passion motifs, Vienna, 1716.

Gold, gilded silver, silver filigree, gemstones, including numerous garnets, enamel,

Prague, St. Vitus, Treasury. inventory No. K 103.

H. 29 cm, dia. 11.8 cms.

Note the granulated bosses as on the book covers below.

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Another object which displays similar techniques is a book cover by Leonard Maier of Nuremberg of 1695.

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

and below a book offered for sale by Messrs Venator Hanstein of Koln, Germany

Lot March 2008

http://www.kunstmarkt.com/pagesprz/kunst_kalender/_d142702-/show_praesenz.html?words=

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Kremlin Museums Book Cover Silver Filigree

From the Bridgman Photo Library.

Despite the low resolution it is plain to see that this book cover was made in the same atalier as the two book covers above.

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The workmanship and Filigree techniques of this chalice have distinct similarities with later South German work, Nuremberg or Schwabisch Gmund particularly the Boullework and Filigree Toilet Mirror dated to around 1750 (image below) - the Boullework is possibly Munich. The enamel on the chalice is also possibly from Schwabisch Gmund.