South German turned Ivory Cup and Cover

Workshop of Lorenz Zick (1594 – 1660)

Nuremberg, ca. 1640
height 28 cm

The stepped nine-facetted base with scrolling openwork freeze holds a stem which comprises staggered stacked elements. The body of turned lobed form with waved design. The conforming lid topped by a seemingly stacked disc rotation on a central axis.

Very similar examples in the Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienna

Provenance

Private collection, Frankfurt a. M.