. . "The harmonious proportions, the careful distinction between matte and polished areas, and the powerful lid with its sculptural finial give this great tankard a particular elegance. The little recumbent stag, a symbol of hunting, rests on the lid framed by thin branches of so-called Krauswerk, or silver scroll-sheet foliage, that defines the space. Various tankards and covered cups with a similar stag cast are known. The decorative finials were prefabricated and bought from specialists. Its model was very popular (see Istv\u00E1n Heller. Ungarische und siebenb\u00FCrgische Goldschmiedearbeiten: Vom Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Munich, 2000, nos. 1 and 2, pp. 66\u201368 and Erd\u00E9ly r\u00E9gi m\u0171v\u00E9szeti eml\u00E9keinek ki\u00E1ll\u00EDt\u00E1sa az Iparm\u0171v\u00E9szeti m\u00FAzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenb\u00FCrgen. Exh. cat. Orsz\u00E1gos Magyar Iparm\u0171v\u00E9szeti M\u00FAzeum. Budapest, 1931, no. 71, pl. VII and Klaus Pechstein. Deutsche Goldschmiedekunst vom 15. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert aus dem Germanischen Nationalmuseum. Exh. cat. Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, St\u00E4dtisches Museum Ingolstadt, and Germanisches Nationalmuseum N\u00FCrnberg. Nuremberg and Berlin, 1987, p. 279, no. 166). Cups in the form of a stag or beakers and tankards decorated with hunting motifs were offered after the hunt to special guests or to the most successful hunter in a hunting lodge.LiteratureTiham\u00E9r Gy\u00E1rf\u00E1s. A brassai \u00F6tv\u00F6ss\u00E9g t\u00F6rt\u00E9nete. Brass\u00F3, 1912, p. 109, no. 197.Elem\u00E9r K\u0151szeghy. Magyarorsz\u00E1gi \u00F6tv\u00F6sjegyek a k\u00F6z\u00E9pkort\u00F3l 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, no. 211b [maker\u2019s mark].Catalogue of European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby\u2019s, Geneva, November 30, 1982, p. 13, no. 34.Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 57, no. 35.ExhibitedA Magyar t\u00F6rt\u00E9neti \u00F6tv\u00F6sm\u0171-ki\u00E1ll\u00EDt\u00E1s lajstroma. Exh. cat. Orsz\u00E1gos Magyar Iparm\u0171v\u00E9szeti M\u00FAzeum. Budapest, 1884, room 4, case 2, p. 46, no. 148.Erd\u00E9ly r\u00E9gi m\u0171v\u00E9szeti eml\u00E9keinek ki\u00E1ll\u00EDt\u00E1sa az Iparm\u0171v\u00E9szeti m\u00FAzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenb\u00FCrgen. Exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1931, p. 19, no. 63.[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]"@en . "2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ .