Silver cup from Johann Gottfried Holl's workshop, a valuable gift for the Wilanów collection

Silver cup from Johann Gottfried Holl's workshop, a valuable gift for the Wilanów collection

Studia Wilanowskie, 1989 r. T. XI

A particulary valuable acquisition, bequeathed in March 1978 by Mrs Jadwiga Kilaczycka from London and her brother, Mr Piotr Głowacki of Warsaw, on the 300th anniversary of Wilanów, is a gilded silver wine cup dating from the late 17th century. This gift enlarged the modest collection of Gdańsk Baroque silverware displayed in the oldest part of the palace...

 

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