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Edit DARABOS: Altera Theca continens.A Research Into Historical Leather Cases made for Esterhazy Treasury Items
Table 2. Esterházy cases, associated with treasury items that fall into the group of “tendril-patterned cases from Augsburg ” Object Inv. nos: Object / Case Provenience, hallmark, etc. Present dating Smoky quartz covered cup Ej 311, case in Forchtenstein German 17th century Triumph of Bacchus centrepiece E60. 13, Et 17/23/38 Abraham I Drentwett 1660-1665 Tankard with putti Ej 189, Et 46 Augsburg hallmark 17th century Lapis lazuli canister59 Ej 292, case in Forchtenstein Augsburg hallmark 17th century Rock crystal cup Ej 156, case in Forchtenstein German 17th century Two salt cellars Esterházy Privatstiftung Rhinoceros horn cup Ej 206, case in Forchtenstein South German 17th century Rhinoceros horn covered cup E 65. 86, case in Forchtenstein South German 17th century Rock crystal cup 61. 877.1, case in Forchtenstein Swan-shaped centrepiece E 65. 86,51.100. German mid-third of 17th century Among the items belonging to this group, the ivory tankard found in the Skokloster collection is the earliest, credited to Johann Baptist I Weinet and dated to 1645-1650.60 The case bears two types of tendril tools, with special emphasis on a variant with carnation heads, although use is also made of a budding pomegranate flower tendril, which is one of the most frequently occurring elements among these tools. The closest similarity to the Swedish piece can be seen in the tools decorating the case of a smoky quartz item in the Esterházy collection; such tools do not appear on any other cases.61 At least seven of the cases in the collection of the Grünes Gewölbe can be included as members of this group. A large ivory tankard made by Andreas I Wickert has been dated to the 1650s, with the latest possible date being 1661.62 (Fig. 10) This piece may demarcate the presently accepted cut-off date, after which his workshop began to use a set of tools arranged in a distinctive, standardised pattern, acting as a kind of distinguishing style, or even a trademark. The objects bearing identified maker’s mark, which can be reliably dated, indicate that from the 1650s to the beginning of the 1670s the workshop used a relatively reduced set of patterned tools. Several such items can be linked to fine metalwork objects produced by Hans Jakob Mair (1641- 1719). The case for the Triumph of Bacchus 40
