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Welcome Cup in the Shape of a Pheasant
Lost Art-ID
208515
Artist
Kohler, Georg Sigmund
Place of activity
Augsburg
Title
Welcome Cup in the Shape of a Pheasant
Dating
1700 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) ; Enamel ; Leather / parcel-gilt ; repoussé
Measures
12,7 cm Durchmesser Sockel
Height
31.00 cm
Diameter
12.70 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 35
Description
The drinking vessel is gilded on the inside and enamelled in various colours on the outside; on the pedestal, which is decorated with flat arabesques, there is an inscription: "Zum Willkommen nach Ichtershausen gegeben von M. A. H. Z. S. G. F. Z. A. den 8. August 1716." (i. e. Magdalena Augusta, duchess of Saxony, née princess of Anhalt - spouse of duke Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg); with a red and gilded leather case; maker's mark.
Provenance
According to the 1858 inventory, the vessel was transferred to the Kunstkabinett from Ichtershausen in 1849.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXII, Nr. 82; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 35; Zeichen-Inventar um 1900, Nr. 35
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Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
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Ronny Licht
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Provenienzforscher
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