Private Collection of a Norfolk Family A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CUP IN THE FORM OF AN OWL, UNMARKED, GERMAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY detachable head, legs and tail embossed and chased to simulate feathers, bell, the neck mounted engraved with arabesques, coconut body fitted with stamped straps, the stylized wings delineated by applied wires with foliate rims 19.5cm., 7 ¾ in. high ASSOCIATED LITERATUREKarl-August Wirth, Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1968, pp. 42-83Rolf Fritz, Die Gefasse aus Kokonuss in Mitteleuropa 1250-1800, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, Tafel 39 (b) Timothy Schroder, Renaissance Silver from the Schroder Collection, London, 2007, no. 39 Exhibition catalogue, Zilver uit de Gouden Eeuw van Antwerpen, Rockoxhuis, 10 November-15 January 1989, vol I, no. 32This cup Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportTo request a
Private Collection of a Norfolk Family A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT CUP IN THE FORM OF AN OWL, UNMARKED, GERMAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY detachable head, legs and tail embossed and chased to simulate feathers, bell, the neck mounted engraved with arabesques, coconut body fitted with stamped straps, the stylized wings delineated by applied wires with foliate rims 19.5cm., 7 ¾ in. high ASSOCIATED LITERATUREKarl-August Wirth, Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1968, pp. 42-83Rolf Fritz, Die Gefasse aus Kokonuss in Mitteleuropa 1250-1800, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, Tafel 39 (b) Timothy Schroder, Renaissance Silver from the Schroder Collection, London, 2007, no. 39 Exhibition catalogue, Zilver uit de Gouden Eeuw van Antwerpen, Rockoxhuis, 10 November-15 January 1989, vol I, no. 32This cup Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportTo request a
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