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Shrine

1600-1613 (made)
Artist/Maker
Christoph Lencker (made)
Place of origin
Augsburg (made)

Ebony veneer on ?pine core with applied silver figures and silver and gilded silver decoration.

Object details

Categories
Christianity
Metalwork
Religion
Silver
Object type
Shrine
Materials and techniques
silver, gilding, Madagascar ebony veneer, ?pine; casting, chasing, veneering
Silver
Silver Gilt
Ebony
Oak
Casting
Chasing
Gilding
Veneering
Brief description
Ebony veneer on ?oak with applied silver figures and decoration, Germany, Augsburg, 1600-13, Christoph Lencker
Physical description
Ebony veneer on ?pine core with applied silver figures and silver and gilded silver decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.5cm
  • Width: 28cm (maximum width)
  • Width: 28cm (maximum width)
  • Depth: 11cm (maximum depth)
  • Weight: 2026.5g
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark an interlaced 'CL' in an oval, and Augsburg town mark for 1600-1605 stamped at lower right of the Virgin Mary's robe.
Gallery label
(pre-2010)
House Shrine
German, town mark of Augsburg; 1600-10
Ebony and Silver
Mark of Christian Lencker (apprenticed 1575, master 1584, died 1613)

This portable altar was intended for private devotions, either in a bedchamber or when travelling. Lencker was one of the most prestigious Augsburg goldsmiths of his generation, working for the Hapsburg court and Wittelsbach Dukes in Bavaria. He was appointed Assay Master in 1610. He specialised in embossed and chased silver sculpture, as well as more conventional vessels.
Credit line
Given by Dr W. H. L Hildburgh, F.S.A.
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
Bibliographic references
  • Medlam, Sarah and Lesley Ellis Miller, eds. Princely treasures: European masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publishing, 2001. ISBN 9781851776337
  • Pechstein, Klaus, ed. Deutsche Goldschmeidekunst: vom 15. bis zum 20. Jahurhundert aus dem Germanischen Nationalmuseum. Exhibition Catalogue. Nuremberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum / Berlin: W. Arenhövel, 1987. ISBN 3922912222
  • Bachtler, Monika. Die Nürnberger Goldschiedefamilie Lencker. Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1978, pp. 71-122.
  • Viaux-Locquin, Jacqueline. Les bois d'ébénisterie dans le mobilier français. Paris: Léonce Laget, 1997.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.1-1953

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2005
Record URL
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