Drinking ship

Drinking ship on wheels, around 1645 (in MKG Hamburg )

Drinking ships are goldsmiths' work , rarely also ivory carvings that show a ship on a stand. They have been known as a popular centerpiece since the Renaissance . Wine could be drunk from the hull of the ship .

Training and special features

Drinking ships were mostly made of silver , sometimes with gilding or pure gold . They were rarely carved from ivory .

Key fields ship , here with the ship attachment removed from the cup

Early drinking ships represent actual ships. Particularly splendid specimens consist of ship models designed down to the smallest detail - with lively scenes in the form of small sailor figures etc. on board - which are designed as attachments and can be removed from the " ship's cup ". A well-known example of this is the so-called Schlüsselfelder Ship , which is part of the holdings of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg .

Later, there were fantasy representations of elaborately designed ship models that were equipped with wheels and could roll around on the table. They served not only as representative table decorations, but also for social entertainment in the context of drinking games : Wine was poured into the open hull and the drinking ship was then rolled over the table with a powerful push - the person who stopped had to use one Drink up the integrated tube.

For other purposes, incense boats , lampships and votive ships, which are built similar to the drinking ships, were used.

literature

MAQ: Ships for the table . In: Apollo. The international magazine of arts . 51st year, no. 302 , April 1950, ISSN 0003-6536 , p. 106-107 (English).
Charles Oman: Medieval Silver Nefs . Ed .: Victoria and Albert Museum . 1st edition. Her Majesty's Stationery Off, London 1963 (English).
Eugen von Philippovich: Curiosities, Antiques: A Handbook for Collectors and Lovers (= library for art and antiques lovers . No. 46 ). Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1966, DNB 457803428 , p. 241-245 .

Albrecht Tyrell: The Wroclaw Drinking Ship . In: Stiftung Kulturwerk Schlesien (Ed.): Schlesischer Kulturspiegel . tape 29 , 1994, ISSN 1437-5095 , pp. 49-50 .

Stylistics: drinking ships . In: Weltkunst . Journal of art and antiques . 81st year, no. 3 . Zeit Kunstverlag, 2011, ISSN 0043-261X , p. 98-99 .

Web links

Commons : Drinking Ships - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg : "Schlüsselfelder-Schiff" (centerpiece made of silver). In: objektkatalog.gnm.de. Retrieved February 17, 2019
Christoph Käppeler: drinking ships, drinking games, drinking goblets, table fountains. In Schloss Fasanerie, treasures from the Darmstadt silver collection are on display. In: christoph-kaeppeler.de. July 16, 2007 .; accessed on February 17, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg : "Schlüsselfelder-Schiff" (centerpiece made of silver). In: objektkatalog.gnm.de. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .
↑ See e.g. E.g .: Eva Leistenschneider: Hans Ludwig Kienlin the Elder Ä., Drinking ship, around 1650. Ulm Museum. In: ernst-von-siemens-kunststiftung.de. Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation , accessed on February 17, 2019 .

[1] Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg : "Schlüsselfelder-Schiff" (centerpiece made of silver). In: objektkatalog.gnm.de. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .

[2] See e.g. E.g .: Eva Leistenschneider: Hans Ludwig Kienlin the Elder Ä., Drinking ship, around 1650. Ulm Museum. In: ernst-von-siemens-kunststiftung.de. Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation , accessed on February 17, 2019 .