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The Rothschild Silver
Virtually every collection of important German 17th-century silver
formed in the last hundred years is likely to contain masterpieces
from one or other of the great Rothschild collections. A superb
Augsburg nautilus cup by Jeremias Michael, 1610–1612 was
in the collection of Nathaniel Rothschild in Vienna in the 19th
century and then in that of the distinguished American collectors,
C. Ruxton and Audrey Love. A rare wager cup by Meinrid I Bauch,
Nuremberg, 1603–1609 in the form of young girl in an embroidered
dress holding a swivel cup above her head belonged to Max
Goldschmidt-Rothschild of Frankfurt while a silver-gilt mounted,
beautifully carved ivory tankard was, in the 19th century, in the
collection of Baron Gustave de Rothschild in Paris. Finally, the
marvellous silver-gilt cup formed as a rearing ox was part of the
collection of Victor Rothschild sold in London in 1937, much of
which had descended from the Frankfurt branch of the family.
A German parcel-gilt mounted nautilus cup, maker’s mark of Jeremias Michael, Augsburg, 1610–1612, 14 1 ⁄2 in. (37 cm.) high
Estimate: 3180,000–200,000