Covered Pokal (Presentation Goblet) with Arms of the von Greiffenberg Family

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Covered Pokal (Presentation Goblet) with Arms of the von Greiffenberg Family

Artist Hans Jakob I. Bair (goldsmith) (German (Augsburg), ca. 1566-1628)

Artist David Altenstetter (enameler) (German (Augsburg), ca. 1547-1617)

Place of OriginAugsburg, Germany

Dateabout 1608

DimensionsH: 22 × Diam: 8 3/4 × Base Diam: 5 3/4 in. (55.9 × 22.2 × 14.6 cm)

Mediumgilded silver and enamel

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

Object number

1956.63A-B

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 15

DescriptionThe cover bears a finial in the form of a griffin supporting the arms of the the von Greiffenberg family. Coat of arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th sable, three arrows inverted in fess gules overall a fess argent, 2nd and 3rd azure, a griffin Or, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a flame issuant from base argent.

Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 182-83, repr. (col.).Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hearst, the collector, 2008-2009, no. 54, p. 184, repr. (col.).