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Lot 70
  • 70

Abraham I Riederer German silver-gilt lady's tankard

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver
  • 11.3cm, 4 1/2 in high
embossed and flat-chased with grotesque masks, fruit and strapwork on matting, underside armorial engraved and inscribed  MIGAEL DER .....KANDL

Provenance

Ole Olsens, Copenhagen, until at least 1924
Galerie Neuse, Bremen, 1990

Literature

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 2
Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 2007, most probably no. 9003 (a)
Dr. Istvan Heller and  Prof.Dr. Ulrich Schneider, article to accompany TEFAF Maastricht 2003,  pp. 16-21, Masterpieces of European Goldsmiths’ works 1560-1860, Couven Museum, Aachen, 2003, no. 2
Galerie Neuse Silber, Bremen, 1998, no. 8
Hermann Schmitz, Generaldirektør Ole Olsens Kunssamlinger, Munich 1924, no. 163, illus. pl 29

Condition

Tiny splits at join of thumbpiece and cover, overall wear to highlights, cover hinge a bit loose, usual nick and dents, general condition good, nice colour, marks good, armorial good, one word removed from inscription under foot, needs cleaning.
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Catalogue Note

The arms are probably those of Englemann de Freyenthal of Austria and Saxony.
Abraham Riederer I (1547-1625) became a master goldsmith in 1576, the same year in which he married Barbara Grundler. He was a Geschaumeister (warden) of the Augsburg Goldsmiths’ Guild between 1600 and 1604.