Spoon

Attributed to Sebastianus Aurifaber

Not on view

The former northern Hungarian town of Lőcse had a vibrant cultural scene and prospering economy until the end of sixteenth century. It was a center of humanist learning and Reformation thinking and a printing press was established there as early as 1624. Aurifaber is mentioned in public records as the first goldsmith master of the local guild in 1575.

Literature
European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 45, no. 107.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 27, no. 5.

References
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, possibly no. 1170 [maker’s mark].

[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]

Spoon, Attributed to Sebastianus Aurifaber (recorded 1575), Silver, partly gilded, Hungarian, Lőcse

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Spoon, Attributed to Sebastianus Aurifaber (recorded 1575), Silver, partly gilded, Hungarian, Lőcse
Spoon, Attributed to Sebastianus Aurifaber (recorded 1575), Silver, partly gilded, Hungarian, Lőcse

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