DOI article:
Nowacki, Dariusz: Recenzja: The Munich exhibition of Augsburg goldsmith's art
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1 a —b. Hans Jacob I Baur (Augsburg), Two ewers, c. 1630; a) Cracow, The Wawel Royal Castle (phot. Ł. Schuster); b) Moscow, The
Kremlin Museum (phot. Museum)
pieces were composed so as to turn towards the
Eagle-centrepiece, this being corroborated by two
preserved works by Mannlich — the Polish Eagle,
presenting a sceptre, globe, and sword, which is
kept in the collections of the Wawel Royal Castle
(ill. 3a)10, and the Swedish Lion with a sceptre, now
in the Kremlin collection (ill. 3b)11. The two objects
10 Inv. no. 6033 — Court Art of Vasa Dynasty in Poland.
Exhibition in the Wawel Castle in Cracow, May-Jime 1976,
Catalogue, Cracow 1976, p. 199, no. 254, pl. IV; Seling 1980,
III, p. 210, no. 1613 c; Fischinger, loc. cit.
are characterized by their identical function as
vessels with an inlet in the top of the head, the
crown used as a stopper, and an outlet through the
open beak or mouth, besides similar dimensions and
identical bases with a pair of oval medallions con-
taining allegorical scenes referring to happy rule.
The two heraldic representations have been treated
11 Inv. no. OP 1927 — F i 1 i m o n o v, op. cit., p. 188, no.
1927, pl. 308; Seling 1980, I, p. 283; II, fig. 462; III, p. 211,
no. 1613 p; Fischinger, op. cit., p. 88. The sceptre seen in
a 19th century photograph is now broken off. The kings of
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Kremlin Museum (phot. Museum)
pieces were composed so as to turn towards the
Eagle-centrepiece, this being corroborated by two
preserved works by Mannlich — the Polish Eagle,
presenting a sceptre, globe, and sword, which is
kept in the collections of the Wawel Royal Castle
(ill. 3a)10, and the Swedish Lion with a sceptre, now
in the Kremlin collection (ill. 3b)11. The two objects
10 Inv. no. 6033 — Court Art of Vasa Dynasty in Poland.
Exhibition in the Wawel Castle in Cracow, May-Jime 1976,
Catalogue, Cracow 1976, p. 199, no. 254, pl. IV; Seling 1980,
III, p. 210, no. 1613 c; Fischinger, loc. cit.
are characterized by their identical function as
vessels with an inlet in the top of the head, the
crown used as a stopper, and an outlet through the
open beak or mouth, besides similar dimensions and
identical bases with a pair of oval medallions con-
taining allegorical scenes referring to happy rule.
The two heraldic representations have been treated
11 Inv. no. OP 1927 — F i 1 i m o n o v, op. cit., p. 188, no.
1927, pl. 308; Seling 1980, I, p. 283; II, fig. 462; III, p. 211,
no. 1613 p; Fischinger, op. cit., p. 88. The sceptre seen in
a 19th century photograph is now broken off. The kings of
147