Silver mug

Silver, fully gilded. On a convex base surrounded by a fluted frieze stands a cylindrical body, transitioning into a narrow profiled rim. The central part of the body is eight-faceted and decorated with chased armed bundles, the upper and lower parts of which are adorned with two rows of longitudinally embossed, punched humps with volute decor. The lid is a hinged cover corresponding to the shape of the body, decorated with a surrounding ornamental band consisting of mutually arranged volutes, and is topped with a small spherical finial above a plastically modeled rosette made of twisted silver threads, the so-called "shmek." The side, narrow, volute-shaped ear handle, adorned with pearl decoration, ends in a stylized leaf pattern divided by a pierced arched clasp. On the underside is an engraved coat of arms of the old Schleswig-Holstein noble family von Krockwitz, with three fish arranged in a three-pass pattern with a common head, as well as the inscription "A.G.V.K.," probably for Adam Gallus von Krockwitz, and the date "1629." Gilded inside. Made by master Nikolaus Weiss (became a master in 1613), with workshop marks. Weight about 220 g. Height 11 cm. See the catalog of the German National Museum, vol. I, part 1, MZ 946, BZ 13; for this, see vol. I, part 2, illustration 537, a comparable humpen by the master in the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, as well as the catalog "Schöner Trinken," Basel 2022, catalog numbers 108, 119, two Nuremberg humpens around 1620 with similar shape and decor. Very rare small Nuremberg gilded silver cup of the Renaissance period by master Nikolaus Weiss (master since 1613). With the coat of arms of the old Silesian noble family von Krockwitz and monogram. Gilded inside. Mark and workshop mark. Nuremberg. Circa 1629.