A Flemish parcel-gilt silver owl cup, Jan de Naghel III, Ghent, 1557
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Realistically modelled, with feather-effect chasing, the removable head with bicolored glass eyes, the neck with inscription 'Vinv in ivcvditate creatv est tetno in ebrietate' and later engraved initials PR, the right talon resting on the back of a frog with glass eyes, the left talon gripping a dolphin, the base with inscription 'Amico fideli nulla est comparatio', marked on the collar of the cover with town mark, date letter, maker's mark and several later control and tax marks.
19cm, 7½in. high
487gr., 15½oz
Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886),
His sixth surviving daughter Bertha Clara (1862-1903),
Her husband Prince Louis Berthier de Wagram (1836-1911), sold on his death
Georges Petit, Paris, Orfèvrerie Allemande, Flamande, Espagnole, Italienne Provenant de L’ancienne Collection du Baron Carl Mayer de Rothschild, 12-13 June 1911, no. 78,
Roger Janssen, Brussels,
bought from Francis Janssens van der Maelen, 2008,
thence by descent
M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, 1928, TIV, p.71, no. 528b
Gents zilver in Laarne, magie van de edelsmeedkinst, Gent, 2009, p. 60, no. 5
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