Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 110. Italian, possibly Venice, 15th century | Mazer Cup.

Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer

Italian, possibly Venice, 15th century | Mazer Cup

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Lot Closed

December 7, 04:50 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer

Italian, possibly Venice, 15th century

Mazer Cup


burrwood

inscribed: BENEDICTVS DEVS DONIS SVIS around the rim in gilt lettering 

9cm., 3¾in.

Small mazers of the present type were used as individual drinking bowls, otherwise known as murrae usuales, as opposed to the larger vessels for passing around.

RELATED LITERATURE
E. H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, London, 1979, p. 43