Filigree in Museeums Landschaft Hessen Kassell. Part 1.

 

A Pair of 17th Century Silver Reliefs.

Christ carrying the Cross,

and the Crucifixion.

 in Silver Filigree and Silver Gilt Frames.

The reliefs by Johann Andreas Thelott ( 1655 - 1734 ). Augsburg.

the frames by an as yet unidentified Augsburg Goldsmith

Museeums Landschaft Hessen Kassell.

http://datenbank.museum-kassel.de/47204/

Thelots family were originally from Dijon, France

For another two reliefs signed Thelot in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London see -

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O91699/plaque-thelot-johann-andreas/

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O91702/plaque-thelot-johann-andreas/

https://datenbank.museum-kassel.de/47204/0/0/0/0/1/0/objekt.html

Johann Andreas Thelott ( 1655 - 1734 ). Augsburg.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Thelott

Inv No. KP B II.369.

Johann Andreas Thelott ( 1655 - 1734 )

Circa 1690.

 Augsburg.

  Silver, engraved, hallmarked.

Dimensions: Relief 29.4 x 36.5 x 2 cm ( Object size ).

with the frame and trim 45.8 cm (height ).

with the frame and trim 52.4 cm (width ).

Labels:  BZ: Pyr for Augsburg ( Archive Augsburg Goldsmith Art, No. 143 * )

MZ: Anchor in a recessed shield ( Archive Augsburg Goldsmith Art, No. 1846 * c *;

 see. Prael-Himmer 1978, p. 13: Anchor type II )

Signature: J.A. Thelot

The BZ and MZ are  on the front at the bottom of the inscription The signature is on the right stone in the foreground of the cross transfer.

Literature:

Schütte, Rudolf-Alexander: The silver chamber of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel. Inventory catalog of goldsmith work from the 16th to the 18th. Century in the State Museums Kassel. Kassel / Wolfratshausen 2003, p. 18, 26, 312-316, cat.No. 74.

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