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cover of Catherine of Brandenburg.] In:

Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei II, Budapest, 1956, pp. 110-111.

32 Important research in Hungary was carried out by Éva B. Koroknay Éva, who demonstrated the connection between bookbindings and cases in Győr. In: Győri könyvkötészet [Bookbinding in Győr.] (exhibition catalogue). Győr, 1954, p. 5.

33 Inv. no: Ej 175, identified, with reservations, by Károly Csányi as an Italian work from the 16th- 17th centuries. The case is held in Forchtenstein.

The use of metal foils and blind tooling together is often found on similar Italian pieces from the same period.

34 Inv. no: Ej 170, German, 17th century, seriously damaged

35 The Italian origin of the tools is proposed by Dr Marianne Rozsondai. Bookbinding tools like lion or acorn were popular in Venice, Milan and Rome in the 16th century.

36 Associated with Abraham I. Drentwett; based on the maker’s mark, it was made between 1645 and 1650 in Augsburg, and has its own, undecorated case. The partner piece, also shaped like a bird, can be seen, without its associated object, in Forchtenstein.

37 Inv. no: E.68.1, case: 51.1096, Szilágyi 2014, cat. V.2., and E 60.1, case: 51.1095, cat. V.3.

38 Based on the tools, the date of manufacture was suggested by Éva Koroknay to be the early 17th century (this is recorded on the documentation of the object, Museum of Applied Arts, Metalwork Collection).

39 Rock crystal barrel, inv. no: Ej 168, case: Et 21.

40 Pointillé tools appeared in France in the first third of the 17th century.

41 Ej 166, German, 17th century, the case is held in Forchtenstein.

42 E 65.2. Workshop of Ottavio Miseroni, Prague, early 17th century, see: Szilágyi 2014, cat. V.4. The case is held in Forchtenstein.

43 Workshop of Leonhard Kern, Schwäbisch Hall (?) c. 1651, inv. no: E.61.11. Case: Et.15, Szilágyi 2014, cat. no. V.14.

44 Nuremberg, late 17th- early 18th century, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no: GNM HG 11709.

45 Jasper jug with two handles, German, second half of 17th century, inv. no: V 549, case: E 192, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, In: Kappel, Jutta - Weinhold, Ulrike: The New Grünes Gewölbe. Dresden, 2007, p. 271.

46 Inv. no: NGK MZ0498, BZ29, MZ0365 Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, In: Tebbe, Karin: Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Band II. 2007, pp. 191-193, 291-292.

47 Tankard, Georg Petel (ivory carving), Andreas I. Wickert (mounting), the latter: Augsburg, mid-17th century, inv. no: E 66.1, case: Et 29, In: Szilágyi 2014, cat. V.10.; see also: Veszprémi, Nóra - Szűcs, György (ed.): Borsos József festő és fotográfus (1821-1883) [The painter and photographer József Borsos (1821-1883]. Budapest, 2009,

pp. 159-165.

48 Johann Wiesel (1583-1662): Telescope, c. 1650, Skoklosters Slott, inv. no: 10643, Book: Sandrart, Joachim von-Birken, Sigmund von: L’Academia Todesca della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, Nürnberg, 1679, (with ex libris from Augsburg), Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, code:

2 H 308-2. In: Keil, Inge: Augustanus Opticus, Johann Wiesel und 200 Jahre optisches Handwerk in Augsburg. Berlin, 2000, p. 239.

49 Baroque-age tools began to appear around the first decades of the 17th century, spreading from France and Italy to Germanophone areas.

50 In the painting by József Borsos, two tankards can be seen; one was made by Georg Petel (see note 47) whereas the other is very similar, and probably identical, to a further Esterházy object that can be seen on some photos by György Klösz (Museum of Applied Arts, Archive, FTL 21184, 21185, 21189). Several Esterházy objects were documented for the 1876 exhibition of metalsmith works, photographed by György Klösz. The latter might be identical with a Large ivory tankard of

Venus and Amor, relief work, property of Prince Esterházy.

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