A fine German parcel-gilt silver beaker Philipp Stenglin, Augsburg, 1700-05

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Description

Philipp Stenglin
132gr., height 9cm

of tapering cylindrical form, engraved with alternating leaf-bound ovals enclosing figures sailing and fishing in a landscape with buildings, surrounded by scrolling foliage and angels, the base engraved with Hebrew, fully marked at the reverse of the base

Catalogue Note

The engravings in the roundels are probably after the Flemish medallist R. Arondeaux, recorded working from 1678 to 1702. See: Forrer's, Biographical Dictionary of Medallist, London, 1904, volume I, page 80, Van Loon, Histoire Metallique des XII Provences des XII Provences des Pays-Bas, The Hague, 1732-37, part IV, p. 273 and P. Fuhring, Ornament in Prent, zeventiende-eeuwse ornamentprenten in de verzamelingen van het Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1998, nr. 21.