Silver mug

Silver, partially gilded. On a flat surface outlined with narrow profiled lines and a rounded profile rises a tall, slightly swaying, bell-shaped beaker. The bottom is finished with double profiled lines and a protruding edge. The lower half of the wall is decorated with a relief-carved tongue featuring finely engraved, alternating leaf decor and is crowned with stylized diamond-shaped leaves. Gilded inside. Markings: engraving, trembling stroke, indicator, unclear maker’s mark, probably Matthäus II Bauer (master around 1681), as well as a tax mark for Paris (1687-1691). Weight approximately 45 g. Height 5.8 cm. Provenance: from the Werner Hauger silver collection, Baden-Baden. See Seling 2007, number 1776, BZ 0980; see also volume II, 1980, illustration 376 (decor and shape), as well as Rosenberg, volume IV, number 6458. Small German Baroque silver beaker with partial gilding, probably Matthäus II Bauer (master from about 1681). Gilded inside. Assay, standard and unclear maker’s mark, French tax mark (1687-1691). German. Augsburg. 1685-1687.