A large Leipzig parcel gilt silver cannister
Marks of Gottfried Schmidt, 1680 – 1683.
27.5 cm, weight 943 g.
Vessel of cinquefoil section with slanted shoulders, decorated throughout with finely chased fruit garlands and allegories of the seasons labelled “Ver”, “Aestas”, “Autum” and “Hiems” in oval reserves, the depiction of spring with depictions of facing putti in two additional reserves. H with handle erect 27.5 cm, weight 943 g.
Marks of Gottfried Schmidt, 1680 – 1683.
Provenance
Auctioned by Christie’s Geneva, Nov. 1988, lot 60; Kunsthandel Fritz Payer, Zurich 1988; West German private collection.
Literature
For this maker see Schröder, Leipziger Goldschmiede aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Leipzig 1935, no. 1273. A beaker on spherical supports by this maker is housed in the Grassi-Museum in Leipzig.
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