On November 26, 1725 in the Meissen Cathedral, Höroldt married Rahel Eleonore Keil (1686-1765), the only daughter of Gottfried Keil (died 1732) and his second wife Beate Christina Malsiu (died 1739). In that same year Höroldt painted a beaker dedicated to his wife bearing the date of their marriage, illustrated in Pietsch, 1996, pp. 146-47, no. 117.

In 1725, the Meissen factory had 36 staff members of which 16 were painters. In the same year Höroldt was allocated three rooms in the Albrechtsburg Castle, close to the kilns, and worked with 10 journeymen and five apprentices. Just a few years later in 1728 the Meissen staff had increased to 40 of which the number of painters had almost doubled to 30.

As suggested by den Blaauwen, the present beaker, dated 1726 and dedicated to Höroldt's mother-in-law, could possibly have been intended as a birthday present. A few months later Höroldt painted a tankard dedicated to his father-in-law, Gottfried Keil, dated Anno 1726 d: 1 Dec, now in the David Collection, Copenhagen, inv. no. 16/1977, Pietsch, 1996, pp. 188-89, no. 141. Two tankards are recorded bearing the name George Ernst Keil, one dated 6 Juli 1724 is in the British Museum, London, mus. no. Franks.63, Pietsch, 1996, pp. 140-41, no. 113; the other dated 9 Juli 1724 was in the Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Budapest, sold, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, November 7-10, 1911, lot 183. A third, inscribed and dated G.E Keil, Meißen 1726 is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, inv. no. 16059. In 1927 Schnorr von Carolsfeld suggested the present beaker may also have been painted for his sister-in-law, who had the same Christian name as her mother. Höroldt's brothers-in-law Carl Heinrich and Johann Gottlob Keil both later worked at the Meissen factory. Carl worked as a composer of the colours and overseer of the painters and Johann Gottlob as a painter, Rückert, 1990, pp. 164-65.