A NUREMBERG TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL GOBLET AND COVER
CIRCA 1688, SIGNED WITH THE MONOGRAM JWS
A NUREMBERG TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL GOBLET AND COVER CIRCA 1688, SIGNED WITH THE MONOGRAM JWS The cup-shaped bowl engraved by Johann Wolfgang Schmidt with a view of Nuremberg below a starburst with Hebrew characters, above a cut lense issuing an oak branch and fruiting vines, the reverse with the crowned triple coat-of-arms of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg above two lenses and tied berried laurel branch and palm frond, below the inscription oMnIs Vt Vrbs perstet, faC, CIVes atoVe senatVs, PaCe, saLVte, bonIs, CeLse PolarCha, faVe! , numerated below in descending order from right to left, the domed cover engraved with a band of fruiting vines, the stem and finial formed from cushioned hollow knops and baluster sections, the spreading circular foot with a folded rim, engraved with a continuous band of leaves (broken through the stem and restuck) 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high
A NUREMBERG TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL GOBLET AND COVER
CIRCA 1688, SIGNED WITH THE MONOGRAM JWS
A NUREMBERG TOPOGRAPHICAL ARMORIAL GOBLET AND COVER CIRCA 1688, SIGNED WITH THE MONOGRAM JWS The cup-shaped bowl engraved by Johann Wolfgang Schmidt with a view of Nuremberg below a starburst with Hebrew characters, above a cut lense issuing an oak branch and fruiting vines, the reverse with the crowned triple coat-of-arms of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg above two lenses and tied berried laurel branch and palm frond, below the inscription oMnIs Vt Vrbs perstet, faC, CIVes atoVe senatVs, PaCe, saLVte, bonIs, CeLse PolarCha, faVe! , numerated below in descending order from right to left, the domed cover engraved with a band of fruiting vines, the stem and finial formed from cushioned hollow knops and baluster sections, the spreading circular foot with a folded rim, engraved with a continuous band of leaves (broken through the stem and restuck) 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high
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