Large Renaissance coconut spokal with temperantia, attributed to Hans Hoffmann the Younger, Wroclaw, ca. 1580
Lot 192. Large silver Renaissance coconut cup with Temperence, attributed to Hans Hoffmann the Younger, Wroclaw, ca. 1580. Height 40.5cm. Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 EUR. Lot sold 40,000 EUR. © Van Ham
Silver, gilt. Coconut. Circular foot with base-shaped raised centre. On the vaulted edge ornamental dolphins alternating with antique-like portraits in medallions and winged female mythical creatures with applied scroll motifs. Repeatedly stepped shaft with vase-shaped knob, on it fruits and ram heads, three small spplied scroll motiifs with female busts attached to them. Large bulbous cuppa from a coconut, held by three hinged bands. High and slightly flared liprim of the inner cuppa with finely etched ornaments alternating with figurative depictions of a unicorn, a bear, or a stag. Splendid slip lid with finely stepped decorations in relief depicting the gods Mercury, Ceres, and Mars. An ornament with ram and cherub heads as borderline between them. In the pedestal-like raised centre the figure of Temperence holding a jug and goblet as finial. On the inside of the lid an engraved plaque with a coconut tree underneath the sun, flanked by the heads of two Maure heads. Ca. 1130 (incl. coconut)g.
Marked twice: assayer's mark Wroclaw ca. 1550-1598 (Hintze, Wroclaw no.2), maker's mark 'HH' ligated with a star presumably for Hans Hoffmann the Younger (active 1579-1611, ibid. p.89). Condition B. Upper side of the foot slightly dented.
Provenance: Friedrich Wilhelm Waffenschmidt Collection, Cologne.
Van Ham. European Arts and Crafts, Auction 408, 16.05.2018