Hans Heinrich Oberried Lot n° 1010

Basel deckle man Fruitwood, silver; partially gilt. Above a gilded foot bead with finely chiselled acanthus and a crested terrain base the all-faceted and detailed carved sculpture of a wine worker in doublet supported on a stick; the pluder trousers torn in several places with patches sewn on. At his feet a small dog looking up and scratching behind his ear. In the landsman's left a cup; in his right the dog's leash formed of a silver chain. From his buttoned doublet protrudes the end of a sausage and other provisions. On his back the large, chased and internally gilt vat with engraved staves and chased hoops. Marks: BZ Basel circa 1660, MZ Hans Heinrich Oberried (1650 - after 1666, Barth/Hörack no. 391a). The vat unmarked, but according to expert opinion by Prof. Richter, Freudental, made at the same time and in the same workshop. The wooden sculpture monogrammed "HS" on the back of the pluderhose. The left hand not visibly completed. H 30,8 cm. Basel, Hans Heinrich Oberried, c. 1660. Prof. Richter writes in the summary of his expert opinion: "The goldsmith Oberried (together with the as yet unknown carver who drew with the initials HS) has left posterity a work of high quality and, from a historical point of view, highly interesting and authentic." Expert opinion Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Richter, Freudental, dated 28 March 2021. Provenance According to the Roggenbach-Gayling Foundation in Schopfheim, the Büttenmann comes from the estate of the Teutonic Knights Johann Ludwig v. Roggenbach (1626 - 82), since 1668 Landkomtur of the Ballei Franken in Ellingen. His brother Johann Conrad was an imperial prince and bishop of Basel since 1656. Exhibitions Treasures of Basel Goldsmiths' Art 1400 - 1989, Historisches Museum Basel, 20. 5. - 2. 10. 1989. Cat. No. 5 (cat. p. 108, without ill.). Literature The Historisches Museum Basel preserves several men and women in handicrafts, partly from its own holdings, partly on permanent loan from Swiss honorary societies; cf. exhibition cat. 1989, issue I, pp. 107 ff. On the type, cf. also Lösel, Zürcher Goldschmiedekunst, Zurich 1983, no. 111 f., as well as a Nuremberg work from the period, illustrated in the cat. Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Munich 1985, no. 104. On Hans Heinrich Oberried, see Barth/Hörack, Basler Goldschmiedekunst, Basel 2013, p. 142.