Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 30. (Budapest, 2016)

Edit DARABOS: Altera Theca continens.A Research Into Historical Leather Cases made for Esterhazy Treasury Items

10. Case for a tankard with the Wise and Foolish Virgins, Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photo by Jürgen Lösel cannot be completely reconstructed at pre­sent, due to substantial missing parts. The tools used on it differ from those consti­tuting the basic set because it contains an edge decoration not found on any of the other cases in the group.63 (Fig. 11) Objects made after the 1670s show that the set of tools in the workshop had changed and ex­panded, marking the arrival of a new age, and perhaps a new leading master. The gar­net beaker in the Grünes Gewölbe - with the master’s mark HM - was made be­11. Tendril-pattern tools on the case for the Triumph of Bacchus centrepiece Photo by Edit Darabos 41

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