A German Parcel-Gilt Silver Shell-Form Cup, Simon Lang, Nuremberg, Circa 1660
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the foot with wavy border and chased with scrolls and fruit, the stem formed as Nike with wreath and palm branch, supporting the shell-form bowl engraved with flowers, the finial formed as a putto holding a wreath, marked on the foot and bowl
14 oz; 435 g
height 15 1/4 in.; 39 cm
Collections of the Margraves and🌳 Grand Dukes of Baden,
Sotheby's, Baden-Baden, 5 October 1995, lot 359
Simon Lang (fl. 1645-71) was the son of Gabriel Lang, a Nuremberg jeweller. He specialised in shell-form cups or muschelpokal: six are recorded in Tebbe, K., Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, 2007, and an almost identical cup by Lang was so🦹ld at Cambi Casa d'Aste, 12 December 2022, lot 104.
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