Accession Nr.: 69.455.1
Artist/Maker:
Place of production: Nagyszeben (Sibiu)
Inscription: Jegye fenekén: beütve JO, alatta cizellált és vésett kilencágú korona K betű fölött.
Materials: silver
Techniques: parcel-gilt; punched decoration
Dimensions:
height: 11 cm
base diameter: 6,8 cm
opening diameter: 8,7 cm
weight: 200 g

A flat, round foot, with a slightly splayed cylindrical bowl. There is an engraved line along the upper and bottom rim, enclosing a field of special punched "shark-skin" motifs. Two emblems appear over a golden tincture on the sides, surrounded by inscriptions.

On the left: SP.BLIS: AC: GROS: IOH: SAROSI: DE: KISSAROS: REG: GUB: TRASN: CONSIL: AC: REGN: PROTONO. The heraldic animal is a lion rampant, its head stabbed with a sword.

On the right: SPECTABILIS AC: GENEROSA BARBARA TOTH ANNO DOMINI 1694. The emblem is a sailboat, with a bird on its helm. Marked with maker's sign.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 454. (Békési Éva)