"Silver Cup With Handles By Daniel Kaufman, Strasbourg, Circa 1690"
- Gilt silver, hammered, cast, and soldered- Daniel Kaufman, master silversmith admitted to the Strasbourg Academy in 1682, established in Barr or Heiligenstein.
- Strasbourg, circa 1690
- Height: 5 cm; length (to the handles): 16.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm; weight: 179 g
- Very good condition, gilt uniformly worn
- Provenance: Private collection of Dr. G.
- The circular gilt cup rests on a gadrooned foot. The upper rim is decorated with a molding and fillets, the lower part of the body is matte, delimited by a double fillet. The cut-out handles are console-shaped.
- These cups with a matte body, known as "Schlangenhaut" or snakeskin, are a constant feature of German production at the end of the 17th century. Beyond cups, this decoration is also found on goblets and gondola cups. This decoration appears to be a Strasbourg specialty, as mentioned in the post-mortem inventory of the Parisian goldsmith Jean Descourtieux in 1724: "cup in gondola style, Strasbourg" (sic).
- Hallmarks: recognition: crowned 13, Strasbourg, 1682-1725 ([Kugel, Bastian] & [Helft] no. 1072b); maker's mark: within a circle, the intertwined letters DK for Daniel Kaufman, 1682- (?) [Kugel, Bastian, no. 279]; trial mark: slash
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