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Swiss beaker
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:33 am
by liviu1
Hello,
Can anyone tell the maker for this Swiss beaker, please.
Thank you.
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Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:44 pm
by liviu1
As far as I can tell the marks are for Zurich and it dates from around 1680.
Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:37 am
by blakstone
It appears to be that of Hans Jacob Fries I (1647-1712; Master 1673); see Eva-Maria Lösel, Zürcher Goldschmiedekunst vom 13 bis zum 19 Jahrhundert (Zürich: Berichthaus, 1983), pp. 186-187, maker #162.
It looks very nice in the photo - typical late 17th/early 18th C. snakeskin beaker - but (usual caveat ahead) authenticating such a piece requires hands-on inspection.
Good luck & thanks for sharing it!
Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:20 am
by liviu1
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Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:07 am
by liviu1
Thank you very much for the details. I have posted an image of the interior. As far as I can tell, it is old.
Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:03 am
by liviu1
Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:01 am
by zilverik
Hi,
Nice beaker.
Most of the work of Hans Jacob Fries I that is mentioned in this book is dated late 17e century. Only two pieces are dated "around" 1700. No work is mentioned as early 18e century. So, probably late 17e century.
Regards,
Zilverik
Re: Swiss beaker
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:54 pm
by Joerg
Hi
I was counter checking the data from Hans Jakob I. Fries. Alain Gruber in his catalog of the silver in the Swiss Laandesmuseum, "Weltliches Silber" from 1977, records:
Born 1647
Master 1673
Died 1701
So it make sense to have not items from him after 1700.
Regards
Jörg