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Beaker

Lost Art-ID
459526
Artist / Creator
Bühler, Johann Friedrich
Title
Beaker
Dating
1713/1714
Object type
Vessel
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / gilded
Measures
H m. Deckel: 14,5 cm; ohne Deckel: 8,5 cm; Dm: 9,5 cm
Description
A gilt silver skull-shaped beaker, with a snake motive. The snake holds an apple in its mouth. Memento-Mori symbolism of the Baroque. Engraved inscription: Dedekindisches Ahndänkken der Stärblichkeit. 1714. / Gestern galts mihr heute gilts dihr. From the property of the Kramer's Guild. Dresden assay mark, numberd 12 and a maker's mark.
Provenance
Until May 1945, the object was kept in the Dresden City Hall (seat of the Dresden City Museum). It was stored there together with the other handicraft exhibits of the museum - packed in boxes - in the cellar. Lost since the end of the war.
Literature / Source
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Die Kunstdenkmäler Dresdens. Heft XXI, XXII und XXIII der Beschreibenden Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, Dresden 1903, S. 769; Holzhausen, Walter /Kesting, Edmund: Prachtgefäße, Geschmeide, Kabinettstücke. Goldschmiedekunst in Dresden, Tübingen 1966, S. LXVI, Nr. 120.
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Contact
Christina Ludwig
Direktorin
Phone
+49 (0) 351 488 73 50
E-Mail
christina.ludwig@museen-dresden.de
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