A Flemish parcel-gilt silver owl cup, Mechelen, 1560/61, maker's mark an angel
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Realistically modelled with feather chasing, the removable head set with two red glass eyes, the legs with two gilt bells, perching on a double-ended whistle, the base with gadrooned decoration, marked with town mark, date letter and maker's mark.
14cm, 5½in. high
Acquired in 1973,
thence by descent
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 1985; p. 303,
P. Baudouin, P. Colman, D. Goethals, Orfèvrerie en Belgique XVIe XVIIe XVIIIe Siècles; 1988; p. 57; n° 39
V. Laloux, Ph. Cruysmans, L’œil du hibou, le bestiaire des orfèvres; Paris-Geneva; 1994; p. 125
Fondation Roi Baudouin; Chouette au poinçon d’Anvers; 2003; p. 28; illustr.
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 19 April-30 June 1985; n°303
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