timbale en vermeil et argent, poinçon de maître illisible, très probablement Brême, vers 1600

le dessous gravé E.P.S. A.A.D., datée 1635, l'un des pieds gravé XL

underside engraved E.P.S. A.A.D.  and dated 1635. one foot engraved XL

Town mark clear, makers mark clear but letters unreadable, a few little dents and scratches but general condition and colour is good
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Les timbales de ce genre étaient produites à Brême mais aussi à Stade, une ville voisine dont le poinçon est également une clé. Celles de Brême se reconnaissent par leur orientation et inclinaison dans leurs cartouches. Le même modèle de timbale était produit à Bremen, ville phare de Norvège au sein de la ligue hanséatique au XVIe siècle.

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This beaker of Hanseatic type can be found as well in Scandinavia, particuarly in the Norwegian town of Bergen, which like Bremen and Stade in Germany,  was  also until the second half of the 16th century a leading member of the Hanseatic league. The key of the Bremen town mark is distinguishable from Stade by the direction it faces and the angle it lies in the shield.