Silver Cup

Silver, partially gilded. On a flat surface, surrounded by narrow profiled lines and a rounded circular base, rises a tall, slightly swaying, bell-shaped bowl. The lower part is finished with double profiled lines, adorned with a convex relief tongue with fine punched, alternating leaf decor, and crowned with stylized diamond-shaped leaves. Gilded inside. Made, signed, with a tremolir stroke, by master Matthäus II Bauer (master since 1681) and bears the Paris assay mark (1687-1691). Weight approximately 95 g. Height 8 cm. Provenance: from the Werner Hauger silver collection, Baden-Baden. See Seling 2007, No. 1776, BZ 0950 ill.; here vol. II, 1980, fig. 376 (decor and form), as well as Rosenberg, vol. IV, No. 6458. German Baroque, partially gilded silver goblet by Matthäus II Bauer (master since 1681). Gilded inside. Marked, assayed, and bears the master's mark, as well as the French tax mark (1687-1691). German. Augsburg. 1689-1692.