Vessel in the Shape of a Goose
anonymous, Johann Seutter (I)
Mounts could be made right in the workshop, but also elsewhere on commission from a middleman. For instance, there were various silver merchants and jewellers in Augsburg who had objects made of costly materials on their own initiative. The silversmith who fashioned the mount of this goose was related to Martin Seutter, the Austrian purveyor to the royal court.
c. 1640 - c. 1660
Rock crystal; mount: gilt silver
28.5 x 13.4 x 11.3 cm
BK-17133
Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019
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