An important German silver-gilt double-cup Mark of Hans Petzolt Nuremberg, dated 1596 Of Gothic revival form, each cup on lobed octafoil foot, the lobed stem with applied openwork scroll foliate skirt with foliage above, the shaped lobed bowl with applied continuous band of nine detachable cast and applied Renaissance jewel-like ornaments each centering on a caryatid beneath corded band and broad border finely engraved with a band of birds and insects amongst scrolling flowers and foliage, the interior of one cup set with a silver portrait medal of a gentleman within inscription, 'JACOB STARCK ZUM RECKEN: AETA: 46 Ao. 96' , the reverse of a second medal visible beneath the base and with the motto 'IN TIMORE DOMINI FORTITUDO NOSTRA' surrounding the arms of the Starck family of Nuremberg, the other cup similarly inset, the medal with a woman's portrait bust and inscription 'ELISAB: STERCK: GEB: V: VSLER V: GOSLAR AETA: 41:' the reverse of a second medal visible beneath the base and with the arms of Usler von Goslar within the motto '+ GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHR + 1596', marked on lip and foot of each cup, each foot also marked with French post-1893 import mark, both cups with ink inventory numbers 'R.B.K. 1954-21' and 'NK 3220.' Overall height 21¼in. (54cm.) 78oz. (2,426gr.) Jacob Starck (1550-1617) was from an important Nuremberg family. Otto von Falke ( op. cit., p. 37), records the Starck family arms on the Tetzel cup formed as a cat by Hans Hutten, 1626. The Starck arms appear as part of the genealogical tree incorporating those of 24 patrician families of the city. He became a member of the Rat of the city in 1578 and held several municipal offices. In addition to the present medal, there is a bronze medal with his portrait dated 1614 in the Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg (Inv. No. Med. 7936). A print by J.F. Leonard of Starck is also in the same museum as is a coloured and gilt wax portrait on slate showing the busts of the Ratsherrn of the Nuremberg Council of 1611-12 in which he is in prime position (Inv. No. Pl. 2211), (fig. 1). A glass window survives in the Church of St Martha, Nuremberg, showing the arms of Starck impaling those of Usler of Goslar, dated 1613.
An important German silver-gilt double-cup Mark of Hans Petzolt Nuremberg, dated 1596 Of Gothic revival form, each cup on lobed octafoil foot, the lobed stem with applied openwork scroll foliate skirt with foliage above, the shaped lobed bowl with applied continuous band of nine detachable cast and applied Renaissance jewel-like ornaments each centering on a caryatid beneath corded band and broad border finely engraved with a band of birds and insects amongst scrolling flowers and foliage, the interior of one cup set with a silver portrait medal of a gentleman within inscription, 'JACOB STARCK ZUM RECKEN: AETA: 46 Ao. 96' , the reverse of a second medal visible beneath the base and with the motto 'IN TIMORE DOMINI FORTITUDO NOSTRA' surrounding the arms of the Starck family of Nuremberg, the other cup similarly inset, the medal with a woman's portrait bust and inscription 'ELISAB: STERCK: GEB: V: VSLER V: GOSLAR AETA: 41:' the reverse of a second medal visible beneath the base and with the arms of Usler von Goslar within the motto '+ GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHR + 1596', marked on lip and foot of each cup, each foot also marked with French post-1893 import mark, both cups with ink inventory numbers 'R.B.K. 1954-21' and 'NK 3220.' Overall height 21¼in. (54cm.) 78oz. (2,426gr.) Jacob Starck (1550-1617) was from an important Nuremberg family. Otto von Falke ( op. cit., p. 37), records the Starck family arms on the Tetzel cup formed as a cat by Hans Hutten, 1626. The Starck arms appear as part of the genealogical tree incorporating those of 24 patrician families of the city. He became a member of the Rat of the city in 1578 and held several municipal offices. In addition to the present medal, there is a bronze medal with his portrait dated 1614 in the Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg (Inv. No. Med. 7936). A print by J.F. Leonard of Starck is also in the same museum as is a coloured and gilt wax portrait on slate showing the busts of the Ratsherrn of the Nuremberg Council of 1611-12 in which he is in prime position (Inv. No. Pl. 2211), (fig. 1). A glass window survives in the Church of St Martha, Nuremberg, showing the arms of Starck impaling those of Usler of Goslar, dated 1613.
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