About the Artwork
Covered Beaker
between 1570 and 1600
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German
German
Silver, gold
Overall: 20 × 5 3/8 inches (50.8 × 13.7 cm)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth
46.276
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Maker's mark, on rim of foot Augsburg Stadtpyr guild mark (fir cone) on rim of foot Place and date mark, under foot Mark, on a medallion inside the cover, within an octagonal frame: [dragon encircling a sejant lion, holding an arrow in its right forepaw] Marks, around the medallion: MARIA:STEPHANVS: BOCHKAY: DE.KIS:
Provenance
Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Schmitz, H. "German Renaissance Silver in the Ralph H. Booth Collection." Art in America XI, no. V (August 1924): pp. 199, 201.
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German, Covered Beaker, between 1570 and 1600, silver, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 46.276.
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