Timbale de magistrat partiellement en vermeil, par Daniel Harnischer, Strasbourg, vers 1669

le corps amati, gravée sous la base 1669 et des armes de la ville de Benfeld

similar to the following with the same town arms, dated 1669

Associated literature:
Kenneth M. Setton, Venice, Austria and the Turks in the 17th century, Philadelphia, 1991, p. 65

Light wear and some scratches, clear marks, condition good.
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Ces deux timbales sont gravées aux armes de la ville de Benfeld. Située près de Strasbourg, la ville fut cédée à la France après la bataille de Nordlingen en 1634 après que Louis XIII ait signé à Paris un traité avec les princes protestants. Il s'agissait en effet d'une place stratégique pour la France pour y faire "passer et repasser les troupes que sa majesté jugera estre requises pour le bien commun". 

These two beakers are engraved with the town arms of Benfeld. Located near Strasbourg, it was ceded to France after the battle of Nordlingen in 1634 when Louis XIII made a treaty with the protestant princes at Paris. It was of strategic importance to the French being near the river crossing into Strasbourg, which was needed `pour y faire passer et repasser les troupes que sa majesté jugera estre requises pour le bien commun'.