Stag
Melchior Bayer
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1600 - 1625
Materials
Silver
Measurements
310 x 212 x 87 mm
Place of origin
Augsburg
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)
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NT 516401
Summary
Silver-gilt figure of a stag, detachable head, wearing collar set with stones and a pendant cypher FK with garnet below at breast. Oval plinth chased as natural ground with reptiles and inset with garnets. German by Melchior Bayer of Augsburg, early C17
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Melchior Bayer