Beaker
The gracefully curved, tapering sides of this beaker are characteristic of late sixteenth-century examples. The engraved coat of arms displays a rampant lion and the name of a patron, Stephanus Akossi, whose precise identity has yet to be established.
Literature
Fine European Silver / Belles Pièces d’orfèvrerie européenne. Sale cat., Christie’s, Geneva, May 16, 1984, p. 27, no. 43.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 31, no. 9.
References
A similar beaker with snakeskin decoration was sold by Dr. Fischer Kunstauktionen in Heilbronn, sale no. 161, no. 448.
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 1507 [maker’s mark].
See a similar beaker formerly in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent in Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Orfèvrerie, Miniatures et Objets de vertu. Sale cat., Christie’s, Paris, February 24, 2009, p. 134, no. 167.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Literature
Fine European Silver / Belles Pièces d’orfèvrerie européenne. Sale cat., Christie’s, Geneva, May 16, 1984, p. 27, no. 43.
Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 31, no. 9.
References
A similar beaker with snakeskin decoration was sold by Dr. Fischer Kunstauktionen in Heilbronn, sale no. 161, no. 448.
Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 1507 [maker’s mark].
See a similar beaker formerly in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent in Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Orfèvrerie, Miniatures et Objets de vertu. Sale cat., Christie’s, Paris, February 24, 2009, p. 134, no. 167.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
Artwork Details
- Title: Beaker
- Maker: Unidentified Master S.I.
- Date: late 16th century
- Culture: Hungarian, possibly Nagyszombat
- Medium: Silver, partly gilded
- Dimensions: Overall: 4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (11.3 x 8.2 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of The Salgo Trust for Education, New York, in memory of Nicolas M. Salgo, 2010
- Object Number: 2010.110.7
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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