Conical cup
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The plaquette on this cup commemorates Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II (1552–1612), the great Habsburg collector, who amassed a legendary Kunstkammer (art chamber). He chose Prague as his main residence, transforming the city into a politically tolerant and vibrant artistic center. For this vessel, the goldsmith translated the highly refined conical shape of a sharply tapering glass goblet into an alluring silver cup.
Literature
Important English, Irish and Continental Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, New York, April 16, 1996, n.p., no. 91.
References
A cup with a similarly adorned stem was sold by Dr. Fischer Kunstauktionen in Heilbronn, November 27, 2010, no. 1007.
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 997 [maker’s mark].
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
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