Beaker | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.73
People: Martin Carl Hanias, German (Nuremberg 1697 - circa 1765)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title: Beaker
Other Titles: Former Title: Burial Society Beaker/ Beaker from Chevra Kaddischa Zeckendorf
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1738
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Nüremberg
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/186510

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver, gilded interior

Dimensions

17.9 x 11.7 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

maker's mark: base, impressed: [design of rooster] [mark of Martin Carl Hanias, Tebbe MZ317]
hallmark: base, impressed: N [encircled] [Nuremburg City mark, 1735-1739, Tebbe MZ36]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Chevrah Kadishah: Zeckendorf & Demmelsdorf, Demmelsdorf. Cup was commissioned by predecessor organization. Ownership in 1930 noted by Theodor Harburger in his inventory.
David Berg, New York, NY, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.306.73
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Dr. A. Eckstein, Geschichte der Juden im ehemaligen Fürstbistum Bamberg, Druck und Verlag der Handels-Druckerei (Bamberg, 1898), P. 117, footnote 2
Dr. Baruch Ophir, Pinkas Hakehillot [Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities from their Foundation till after the Holocaust], Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority (Jerusalem, Israel, 1972), pp. 146-8, repr. in b/w, p. 247
Eva Groiss-Lau, Jüdisches Kulturgut auf dem Land: Synagogen, Realien und Tauchbäder in Oberfranken, Deutscher Kunstverlag (Munich, Germany, 1995), p. 162, repr. no. 128, pp. 180, 184, 187
Theodor Harburger, Die Inventarisation jüdischer Kunst - und Kulturdenkmäler in Bayern, Jüdisches Museum Franken - Fürth & Schnaittach (Fürth, Germany, 1998), p. 798, repr. in b/w

Verification Level

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