Ostrich-shaped centrepiece
Abraham Drentwett1645-1650
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
The ostrich stands on an oval base. Its body is made from an ostrich egg. Formerly it held a horseshoe in its beak - the symbol of fortitude and perseverance, but this part is now missing. Certain parts of the surface are punched and engraved. Marked with maker's sign. It is possibly this object that is mentioned in the inventory of Fraknó, made on 8th Jan. 1693: Duo Scyphi ex Ovis Strutionum, duos Strutiones repraesentantes, argento inclusi Ovum Strutionis argento deaurato inclusum cum Strutione argento in superficie (in the inventory two objects were mentioned one of them is identical with the piece described above) OL (National Archives) The Archives of the ducal Esterházy family.
- Title: Ostrich-shaped centrepiece
- Creator: Abraham Drentwett
- Creator Lifespan: 1614-1666
- Date Created: 1645-1650
- Location Created: Augsburg
- Signatures: AD (Abraham I. Drentwett)
- Physical Dimensions: 2117,6 g, 51,7 x 19,8 cm
- Marking: stamped with the punch-mark of the town of Augsburg
- Subject Keywords: applied arts, Metalwork Collection, Esterházy Treasury
- Type: artifact
- Rights: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 2023
- External Link: Abraham Drentwett, cf. E 60.1.1-2. (inv. no.), Centrepieces in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
- Medium: ostrich egg, silver-gilt
- Art Genre: applied arts
- Art Movement: Renaissance
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