A German silver-gilt roemer style beaker, maker's mark DHP conjoined, Frankenthal, circa 1600
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A German silver-gilt roemer style beaker, maker's mark DHP conjoined, Frankenthal, circa 1600
flaring form, engraved with alternating fruiting and foliate pendant bouquets, lower body with prunts among matted strapwork and wriggle-work borders, on a rayed circular foot
8.9cm., 3 1/2 in. high
94gr., 3oz.
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8.9cm., 3 1/2 in. high
94gr., 3oz.
Exhibited
Probably exhibited in the "Monatsschrift des Frankenthaler Altertumsvereins", ill. 25, 1917, S. 14
Catalogue Note
A almost identical example, possibly the present beaker's pair, is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich and is referenced in Skalitzky-Wagner, Frankenthaler Goldschmiede des 16. und 17. Jahurhnderts, 1983, pg. 118, abb. 11, no. 8.
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