Lot 219 | Partially gilt silver beaker with fine engravings

PARTIALLY GILT SILVER BEAKER WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS.

Augsburg.
Date: 1685-87.
Maker/Designer: Cornelius Poppe.
Technique: Partially gilt silver with gilt interior.
Description: Grooved and multi-profiled foot ring under smooth, conical body. Vast architectural
landscapes in two large, opposing cartouches. Finely engraved fruits and ornamentally
entwined acanthus tendrils in between.
Weight: 408g.
Measurement: Height 18cm.
Mark: Inspection mark Augsburg 1685-87 (Seling no.860), maker's mark Cornelius Poppe (1685-1723, ibid. no.1815), testing mark.
Inspection mark Moskow with year 177(?) (compare Goldberg no.493), 76, testing mark. On the bottom of the wall, repaired crack.


Provenance:
Private collection southern Germany.

As can be seen in the list of Poppes' works by Seling, several of his works have found their way to Moscow and are kept there in various museum collections.