beaker Aachen

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Tapering beaker with a smooth rim on a moulded basal ring with diamond frieze. The outer surface with finely engraved tendrils and strapwork surrounding fruit garlands and mirrored pairs of birds. Engraved laurel reserve with house mark and monogram ‘ME’ to the underside.

H 15.2 cm, weight 245 g.
Unidentified maker’s mark PG, first half 17th C.

Provenance

Rhenish private collection.

Literature Cf. Hildegund Bemmann, Rheinisches Tafelsilber, Rheinbach-Merzbach 1992, no. 30.

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