Lot 14
  • 14

A German Parcel-gilt Silver and Enamel "Adam and Eve" Cup and Cover, Lazarus Posen, Frankfurt, circa 1900

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base
  • height 21 3/8 in.
  • 54.2cm
the body and cover embossed with pomegranates and applied with gothic foliage sprouting apples, the tree trunk stem flanked by figures of Adam and Eve and entwined by a serpent, the finial in the form of St. George slaying the Dragon, set throughout with hardstones jewels

Condition

lacquered, lacking 4 hardstone beads and a small mount
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Catalogue Note

This is a copy of the cup attributed to Ludwig Krug of Nuremberg, circa 1515-20.  The drawing for Krug's cup is in the Lubkowitz Inventory, formerly in Raudnitz Castle, Bohemia (See Carl Hernmark, The Art of the European Silversmith, No. 75, p. 31).