A German gilt and engraved armorial goblet and cover Potsdam or Zechlin, circa 1735

the funnel bowl engraved with a coat-of-arms below a coronet, flanked by a pair of lions rampant and inscribed below the rim Bien vivre eten jouir, the rim with band of polished ovals below a gilt edge, above a faceted and gilt base, the faceted double-knopped stem highlighted with gilding, with similarly decorated domed foot, the domed cover with faceted finial

Helmuth Meißner, Dresden (from whom seized by the East German Secret Service for export in 1982; withdrawn from export for the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (East) at Schloss Köpenick)

Restituted from the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin to the heirs of Helmuth Meißner in 2007