A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

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£ 13 750
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10.02.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 710984
Lot 72 | A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Tapering cylindrical, finely engraved with a wild boar hunt and foresters in a landscape with town beyond, with inscription engraved around the rim, marked underneath, engraved with gothic letters 'rr' and with later French import mark
35/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
4 oz. 12 dwt. (144 gr.)
The inscription reads 'DER WINTERMOND DEN WINTER SCHAFT NIMPT ALLGEMACH DEM FELDT SEIN KRAFT' which loosely translates as the winter takes its strength from the spring.
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