Property from a Swiss Private Collection
Gabriel Schmidt, German, Augsburg, circa 1630
Parcel-Gilt Guild Standing Cup and Cover
Auction Closed
February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gabriel Schmidt, German, Augsburg
circa 1630
Parcel-Gilt Standing Cup and Cover
parcel-gilt silver
9 oz, 10 dwt, 295 g.
height: 11 ⅝ in., 90.5 cm.
the gourd-shaped body embossed with spiraled lobes, openwork white silver stem, the base with two bands of lobes, similar cover with finial in the form of a man holding an emblem and standing on winged orb, the figure possibly representing a guild, borders of cut and curled white sheet silver, marked with maker’s mark and city mark on rim of body and foot, the matching cover maker’s mark HP conjoined (Rosenberg 3 no 1121, Bamberg, mid 17th century)
Gabriel Schmidt was master in 1615 and died in 1642; cups by him are in the Kremlin, see Helmut Seling, Die Augsburger Gold-und Silberschmiede 1529-1868, p.218, no 1296
A second cup and a double cup by Schmidt, both circa 1630, are in the Kremlin Museum, Moscow, see Helmut Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, p. 150.