A Flemish parcel-gilt silver stag cup, Mons, probably 1642, maker's mark LD(?) under a crown
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Realistically modelled with one leg raised, the removable head with removable antlers, the collar set with eight rock crystal and cut-glass stones, resting on a shaped-oval base chased with flowers and grass effect, the base mounted with two miniatures beneath rock crystal and three further mounted pieces of rock crystal with foil backing, with an egg and dart border, marked underneath the base with town mark, date letter, maker's mark, and crowned monogram AE
29.5cm, 11½in. high
755gr., 24¼oz
Acquired from Baroness M. de Schaetzen, 1980,
thence by descent.
L'orfèvrerie en Hainaut, Mons-Ath-Tournai; Antwerp; 1985; illustr. cover and p.16
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 19 April-30 June 1985; p.142,
P. Baudouin, P. Colman, D. Goethals; Orfèvrerie en Belgique XVIe XVIIe XVIIIe Siècles; 1988; p. 58, n°40
V. Laloux, Ph. Cruysmans; L’œil du hibou, le bestiaire des orfèvres; Paris-Geneva; 1994; p. 54
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 19 April-30 June; 1985; n°70
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