Decorative arts (permanent exhibition) » Goldsmiths’ Works
Covered Beaker (Willkomm)
with portraits of famous men from antiquity
Origin date
17th century
Origin place
Augsburg
Material
silver
Technique
gilded, raised
Sizes
height: 14,5 cm
weight: 261 g
mouth diameter: 9,2 cm
weight: 261 g
mouth diameter: 9,2 cm
Inventory No.
55.326.1-2
Description and further information
The drinking vessel stands on three spherical feet. The sides of its slightly flaring cylindrical body are decorated with three rounded oval medallions containing profile portraits of Roman statesmen, including Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Similar portrait medallions depicting Publius Septimius Geta and Marcus Salvius Otho appear on the lid, which is further embellished with representations of fruit. The lid is surmounted by a spherical finial echoing the form of the feet.
Provenance
San Marco-Nakó collection
Bibliography
- A billikom típusához, törénetéhez: Gyulai Éva: „Billikom – vilkom – Willkomm. Az ón üdvözlőserlegek magyarországi recepciójához.” Történeti Muzeológiai Szemle 9. Budapest, 2009, 37–50.
- Marc Rosenberg: Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen. 3., bővített kiadás, Frankfurt am Main, 1922–1928.
- Helmut Seling – Stephanie Singer: Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede 1529–1868. Meister, Marken, Werke. München, C. H. Beck, 1980, 1994, 2007.