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拍品专文
The crest and motto are those of Gordon.
This pair of pilgrim flasks is an almost exact replica of an unmarked German silver-gilt pilgrim flask of circa 1540 now in the Green Vaults, Dresden (See J. Menzhausen, The Green Vaults, Leipzig, 1970, no. 11, pl. 11). The Dresden example, bearing the coat-of-arms of the Electorate of Saxony, is, however, taller being 31 in. (81cm.) high and is chased on each side with scenes that differ from the present pair. One panel is chased with a scene depicting five commanders besieging a town, the other with a a horseback rider with a prisoner of war in front of a besieged castle. According to Menzhausen, the inspiration for the landscapes appear to be from a graphic source close to the Danube school. This flask is first mentioned in the inventory of the electoral chambers in the stable building from 1591, in connection with the two bar tables designed as artificial mountain steps, on whose peak-like elevations silver vessels were presented.
This pair of pilgrim flasks is an almost exact replica of an unmarked German silver-gilt pilgrim flask of circa 1540 now in the Green Vaults, Dresden (See J. Menzhausen, The Green Vaults, Leipzig, 1970, no. 11, pl. 11). The Dresden example, bearing the coat-of-arms of the Electorate of Saxony, is, however, taller being 31 in. (81cm.) high and is chased on each side with scenes that differ from the present pair. One panel is chased with a scene depicting five commanders besieging a town, the other with a a horseback rider with a prisoner of war in front of a besieged castle. According to Menzhausen, the inspiration for the landscapes appear to be from a graphic source close to the Danube school. This flask is first mentioned in the inventory of the electoral chambers in the stable building from 1591, in connection with the two bar tables designed as artificial mountain steps, on whose peak-like elevations silver vessels were presented.