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| Keywords: Johann Melchior Dinglinger - Ceremonial Cup - Walters 571994.jpg This magnificent late Baroque ceremonial cup was made for Augustus the Strong 1670-1733 elector of Saxony and king of Poland One of a pair it was first exhibited in 1722 in the Green Vaults of Dresden the royal treasury that opened as a public museum the following year A prancing Polish horse is mounted on an agate bowl Protruding from his elaborately enameled saddle cover are the handles of the ceremonial sword of Poland and of the sword of Investiture of the Order of the White Eagle A rider and horse enameled on an oval plaque on the back of the cup represent Lithuania then united with Poland Other insignia include the crown of Poland placed on a crimson cushion the Polish white eagle and the monarch's monogram Dogs and salamanders are among the naturalistic elements incorporated into the exuberant scroll-work of the mount Johann Melchior Dinglinger was appointed jeweler to the court in 1698 Working together with his brothers Georg Friedrich an enameler and Georg Christoph a jeweler he drew upon Saxony's rich mineral resources to keep alive the Renaissance goldsmith's tradition in which semiprecious stones and enamels were used in conjunction with metal His international reputation was such that Peter the Great of Russia stayed as his houseguest in 1712 ca 1697 1722 Late Baroque agate gold silver-gilt enamel semiprecious stones cm 29 accession number 57 1994 34522 Augustus the Strong Elector of Saxony and King of Poland 1670-1733 Prague ca 1720 by commission Grünes Gewölbe Dresden on display 1722-1924 Dr F Mannheimer Amsterdam Muller Sale October 14 1952 lot 213 Mr and Mrs Alastair Bradley Martin New York John Hunt Dublin Walters Art Museum 1971 by exchange Museum acquisition by exchange 1971 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Objects of Vertu Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 The Fabergé Menagerie The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art Columbus; Portland Art Museum Portland 2003-2004 place of origin Dresden Germany Walters Art Museum license Johann Melchior Dinglinger Collections of the Walters Art Museum Objects formerly in the Grünes Gewölbe Baroque art in Poland Baroque art in the United States Agate objects Gold cups Horses in art | ||||
