Object number :
Ohlau around 1700, see Rosenberg no. 4327
Maker: Konrad Wolter, see Rosenberg No. 4331
Height with raised handle 15.5 cm
Weight: 330 gr
This screw-CAP bottle by Konrad Wolter is mentioned by Marc Rosenberg as follows:
“Partially gilded six-pass screw-top bottle with embossed foliage”
Prince Ferd. Kinsky, Vienna – goldsmith art exhibition Vienna 1889, cat. no. 850
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Detailed Description
EARLY, RICHLY DECORATED SCREW CAP BOTTLE FROM OHLAU; SILVER; PARTIALLY GILT WITH ACANTHUS VINES
Excellent, original condition.
Cylindrical body. The sides partitioned in six curved sections on a flat base. Acanthus-vines in relief in the centre of the curved panels, framed at the top and bottom by twisted gadroons. Straight shoulder with a gadrooned bulge. The flat screw lid with hinged handle is decorated accordingly
Historical context: See Erwin Hintze “Silesian Goldsmiths” Edition 1912-1916
Anyone who knows the Ohlau today (1912-1916) will certainly not suspect that a whole guild of goldsmiths found work and food there at times. Until the beginning of the last quarter of the 17th century, Ohlau was the residence of several Piast Dukes and several widow duchess. And even after the Piast tribe died out, Ohlau still saw a court within its walls for several decades. With the assignment agreement of March 13, 1691, Emperor Leopold enfeoffed the Polish prince Jacob Ludwig Sobieski with Ohlau, who resided there until 1734. Under him the town achieved considerable prosperity and in his time the Ohlau goldsmith’s craft really blossomed.