Beaker
1744 (made)
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The Museum acquired most of its collection of Scandinavian silver between 1900 and 1910. The collection consists largely of beakers and tankards, valued in Edwardian England as a Scandinavian “Arts and Crafts” tradition. George Jorck, a Danish silver dealer who worked in Hatton Garden in London, acted as agent for dealers in Copenhagen and was instrumental in acquiring many of the objects for the collection. HP Mitchell of the Metalwork Department wrote in 1904, “Mr Jorck tells me large numbers are being sold to the American museums; it is pretty clear that the country districts of Sweden are being denuded rapidly and it might be well to make our gaps complete while there is this opportunity”.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, applied and chased |
| Brief description | Beaker, silver, applied and chased, Sweden (Karlstad), mark of Niclas Warneck, 1744 |
| Physical description | Trumpet shaped beaker with flanged rim and applied concave base, the body chased with broad band of leaves with pendant leaf and scrollwork motifs, borders outlines with punched dots. |
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| Gallery label | BEAKER
Chased silver. Maker's mark of Niclas Warneck.
SWEDISH (KARLSTAD HALL-MARK); DATED 10-9-1744
296-1902.(Pre-2000) |
| Object history | From Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975, p173: On acquisition the town mark was wrongly identified as that of Kristianstad. The system of dating is one used by Warneck on his work before the introduction of wardern’s marks in 1759. Purchase - (£1 10s) G Jorck |
| Production | Niclas Warneck (Warncke) |
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| Summary | The Museum acquired most of its collection of Scandinavian silver between 1900 and 1910. The collection consists largely of beakers and tankards, valued in Edwardian England as a Scandinavian “Arts and Crafts” tradition. George Jorck, a Danish silver dealer who worked in Hatton Garden in London, acted as agent for dealers in Copenhagen and was instrumental in acquiring many of the objects for the collection. HP Mitchell of the Metalwork Department wrote in 1904, “Mr Jorck tells me large numbers are being sold to the American museums; it is pretty clear that the country districts of Sweden are being denuded rapidly and it might be well to make our gaps complete while there is this opportunity”. |
| Bibliographic reference | Lightbown, R. W., Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, V&A, 1975
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 296-1902 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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