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Double cup

silver-gilt

c. 1520

12 cm height

Inscription/Mark: French 19th century swan import mark
Inscription/Mark: three little marks (later import marks?)
Inscription/Mark: reversed 'N' for Nuremberg (struck on the rim of one cup)

Provenance: Mistinguett, Paris

Place of Creation: Nuremberg

WA2013.1.34

Pair of footed cups, silver-gilt, joining to make a double cup. The foot and body of each has embossed lobs and there are two bands of cresting.

Literature: Marc Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Frankfurt, 1922-28), no. 3786, 3687
Karin Tebbe, Ursula Timann, Thomas Eser, Ralf Sch

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.