Beaker ca. 1740 Michael May II Incorporating medals or coins into the walls of drinking vessels has a captivating effect, and here they underline the beaker’s probable use. This refined, stylish beaker was likely a special wedding present. The German inscriptions on the front and back of the medal read, "If faithfulness and blessing is felt" and "Pure love sets the heart at rest." Another medal (dated 1588) at the bottom reminds the viewer of vanity, alertness, and faith in God by illustrating events from the Genesis story of ér Gyárfás. A brassai ötvösség története. Brassó,
Beaker ca. 1740 Michael May II Incorporating medals or coins into the walls of drinking vessels has a captivating effect, and here they underline the beaker’s probable use. This refined, stylish beaker was likely a special wedding present. The German inscriptions on the front and back of the medal read, "If faithfulness and blessing is felt" and "Pure love sets the heart at rest." Another medal (dated 1588) at the bottom reminds the viewer of vanity, alertness, and faith in God by illustrating events from the Genesis story of ér Gyárfás. A brassai ötvösség története. Brassó, 1912, pp. 131–32, no. ér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, nos. 130 [town mark], 264f [maker’s mark].European Silver. Sale cat., Sotheby’s, Geneva, May 12, 1983, p. 46, no. H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 101, no. ély régi művészeti emlékeinek kiállítása az Iparművészeti múzeumban / Ausstellung alten Kunstgewerbes aus Siebenbürgen. Exh. cat. Museum of Applied Arts. Budapest, 1931, p. 33, no. 148.[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]. Beaker 237036
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