MARK OF PAUL SOLANIER, AUGSBURG, 1680-1685

Details

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER TANKARD
MARK OF PAUL SOLANIER, AUGSBURG, 1680-1685
Baluster shaped on spreading base, the body embossed with oblong lobes engraved with vine leaves and bunched grapes and framed by gilt bands, the scroll handle with bifurcated thumbpiece and shield shaped lower terminal, the hinged domed cover with later dolphin-tail finial, later engraved underneath with initial S, marked underneath and on lid
9 in. (23 cm.) high
23 oz. 2 dwt. (718 gr.)

Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

An identical tankard, also marked for Paul Solanier and dated 1698, is referenced and illustrated in H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, Band II p. 434, no. 430 and Band III, p. 222, no 1669 g; although M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Band I, Frankfurt am Main, 1922 record the mark p. 144, no. 670 as unidentified.

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