Beaker ca. 1656 Hungarian A wave pattern, suggestive of rippling water in a slight breeze or a lambs fleecy coat, covers the body of this beaker. This type of decoration is unique to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungarian and Transylvanian silver. It is a variation of the snakeskin pattern: both are designed to provide better grip. A closely-related beaker formerly in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent is numbered, as are other examples, which indicates it was part of a larger set. The present example was once in the Andrássy collection.LiteratureJudit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 64, no. 42 (illustrates unidentified makers mark SB).ReferencesEva Toranová. Goldschmiedekunst in der Slowakei. Translated by Helene Katrinaková. Hanau, 1982, p. 88, no. 216.Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Orfèvrerie, Miniatures et Objets de vertu. Sale cat., Christies, Paris, February 24, 2009, p. 124, no. 161.[Wolfram Koeppe 2015. B

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Beaker ca. 1656 Hungarian A wave pattern, suggestive of rippling water in a slight breeze or a lambs fleecy coat, covers the body of this beaker. This type of decoration is unique to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungarian and Transylvanian silver. It is a variation of the snakeskin pattern: both are designed to provide better grip. A closely-related beaker formerly in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent is numbered, as are other examples, which indicates it was part of a larger set. The present example was once in the Andrássy collection.LiteratureJudit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 64, no. 42 (illustrates unidentified makers mark SB).ReferencesEva Toranová. Goldschmiedekunst in der Slowakei. Translated by Helene Katrinaková. Hanau, 1982, p. 88, no. 216.Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, Orfèvrerie, Miniatures et Objets de vertu. Sale cat., Christies, Paris, February 24, 2009, p. 124, no. 161.[Wolfram Koeppe 2015. B

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