Coconut tankard. Culture: Hungarian, Nagyszeben. Dimensions: Overall: 7 1/4 x 3 7/16 in. (18.4 x 8.8 cm). Maker: Andreas Fleischer (active 1605-18). Date: early 17th century.Vessels such as this one embody the late Renaissance taste for uniting exotic natural materials with artistic craftsmanship. Coconut shells, treasured since ancient times, were thought to have miraculous powers, including the ability to neutralize poisoned wine. With the fibrous husk removed, the shell could be polished and mounted as a lavish drinking vessel. The sculptural handle is derived from a model used around 1600 by goldsmiths in Augsburg, Regensburg, Cologne, and elsewhere. These models were acquired as lead casts by journeymen during the travels they were obliged to make before becoming a guild master.LiteratureFine European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby's, Zurich, November 18, 1977, p. 89, no. 188, and frontispiece.Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London,

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Coconut tankard. Culture: Hungarian, Nagyszeben. Dimensions: Overall: 7 1/4 x 3 7/16 in. (18.4 x 8.8 cm). Maker: Andreas Fleischer (active 1605-18). Date: early 17th century.Vessels such as this one embody the late Renaissance taste for uniting exotic natural materials with artistic craftsmanship. Coconut shells, treasured since ancient times, were thought to have miraculous powers, including the ability to neutralize poisoned wine. With the fibrous husk removed, the shell could be polished and mounted as a lavish drinking vessel. The sculptural handle is derived from a model used around 1600 by goldsmiths in Augsburg, Regensburg, Cologne, and elsewhere. These models were acquired as lead casts by journeymen during the travels they were obliged to make before becoming a guild master.LiteratureFine European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby's, Zurich, November 18, 1977, p. 89, no. 188, and frontispiece.Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London,

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