Mug with medallions

Johann Gottfried Holl1678 - 1689

The Wilanów Palace Museum
Warsaw, Poland

This excellently preserved vassel is covered with rich decoration arranged in four vertical fields and composed of acanthus leaves and two bunches of fruit tied with ribbons, with, prominent among them, two medallions with busts of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki and John III Sobieski modelled after medals designed by Johann Höhn the Younger.

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Title: Mug with medallions
Creator Lifespan: before 1678 - 1689
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Gdansk
Date Created: 1678 - 1689
Technique: repoussé, silver-gilt, engraved silver
Provenance: Acquisition, bequeathed in March 1978 by Mrs Jadwiga Kilaczycka from London and her brother Mr Piotr Głowacki of Warsaw, on the 300th anniversary of Wilanów.
Physical Dimensions: w140 x h200 mm
Goldsmith: Johann Gottfried Holl
Description: Inscriptions on the medallions: Michael D. Grex Pol M D LIT: RUS: PRUS MASSAM and IOAN: III D. G. REX POLONIARUM and on the top: When this you See, Remember mee and HENDRICH GISIUS.
Type: Decorative arts
Rights: Wilanów Palace Museum, Photo: Z. Reszka

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