A Rare German Silver-Gilt Tazza, Maker’s Mark a Stylized Arrow Flanked by Pellets (Rosenberg 3, no. 4771), Ulm, circa 1590
Auction Closed
January 31, 08:10 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
shallow circular bowl embossed and chased with lobes and strapwork with fruit clusters at intervals all on matted ground, matching lower body and top of the foot, vase-shaped stem with three scroll brackets, lower foot engraved with interlaced strapwork, the center of the bowl engraved with a coat of arms and initials IS, marked with maker’s and city mark in bowl and under foot
16 oz.; 497 g
height 7 ½ in.; 90 cm.
Kenneth Davis Works of Art, London;
From whom acquired, 1998.
Rosenberg lists a silver-gilt cup with cold enamel decoration, the cover with pelican finial, dated 1583 by this maker, no. 4730, exhibited Kunsthistorische Sammlungen , Vienna, 1904 and a lidded jug chased with scenes in the collection of Baron Alfred v. Rothschild, London, 1882.