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Charger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents Charger
This is a Charger. It was goldsmith: Johann Adolf Gaap and Adolf Gaap and after Hans Ulrich Frank and Stefano della Bella. It is dated 1689 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is gold plated, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
- Charger (France)
- tin-glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2006-27-3
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 5.2 × 72.2 × 63.5 cm (2 1/16 in. × 28 7/16 in. × 25 in.)
It has the following markings
Within central medallion, in ground at lower right: [1] “AG” in oval reserve, impressed (maker’s mark, Adolf Gaap) Within central medallion, in ground at lower left: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Below upper medallion, figure of Europe, in foliage at lower right: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Within lower medallion, figure of America, below armadillo, at lower right: [1] “AG” in oval reserve, impressed (maker’s mark, Adolf Gaap) [2] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Within border ornament, at lower right: [1] “AG” in oval reserve, impressed (maker’s mark, Adolf Gaap) Within border ornament, at lower left: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Within left medallion, figure of Africa, below lion's paw: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Within right medallion, figure of Asia, below chariot: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) Within border foliage, lower right: [1] pineapple, impressed (Augsburg town mark) At top edge of charger [1] two weevil marks, each within rectangle, impressed (French import mark) On reverse, at bottom edge of charger: [1] two weevil marks, each within rectangle, impressed (French import mark)
It is inscribed
Within central medallion ground, on shield at bottom of scene: "Alexander beweint den Todt des Konigs Darius", engraved In ground on rock at bottom of scene, lower left: "AGaap" (or possibly "JAGaap”) and "1689”, engraved
Cite this object as
Charger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents Charger; After Hans Ulrich Frank (German, 1603–1680), Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610–1664); Goldsmith: Johann Adolf Gaap (German, active in Italy, 1667 - 1724), Adolf Gaap (German, active in Augsburg, 1664 – 1695); Germany; gold plated, silver; H x W x D: 5.2 × 72.2 × 63.5 cm (2 1/16 in. × 28 7/16 in. × 25 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-21
