A German Small Silver-Gilt Mounted Agate Standing Cup, Dated 1627
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the oval body with wide silver-gilt rim engraved with contemporary arms centering a hunting scene of two hounds chasing a hare and stag, the rounded bowl of lightly red veined and mottled translucent white agate, the oval base with matching agate panel, the octagonal baluster stem topped with three beaded scroll brackets, the base rim engraved underneath with contemporary inscription
height 4 3/8 in., 11 cm
The inscription reads + ANTHON WALPOT A BASSENH🔜EIM CANT MOG S ALBA FF 1627
Anthon Waldbott von Bassenheim was Provost (abbot) of St. Alb♉ans (Ritterstifts Sankt Alban) in Bodenheim 1604-1629. (Mog is short for Moguntiae, the Latin name for Mainz). Bassenheim is in Rhineland-Palatinate, near Koblenz.
The arms are those of Anthon Waldbott von Bassenheim, Provost, 1604-1629, from an illustrious family whose ancestor, Henry Waldblott von Bassenheim, was first Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. The castle became a ruin in the 19th century but 🙈the family sold the Abbey Church, with its cloister and library, to the kingdom of Bavaria in 1916, and the remaining contents, including liturgical items and paintings, to the Ottobeuren Monastery in 1925.
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