The silver gilt standing cup seen here is typical of Hamburg goldsmith production during this period; the same figure of Bacchus can be seen in a stand for sweetmeats made in Hamburg in circa 1631-33, which is today in The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow (fig. 1).

Fig. 1: image from E. Schliemann, Die Goldschiemde Hamburgs, Hamburg 1985, cat. no. RK 76, reproduced fig. 103

Much of Hinz's life remains unknown. He was active in Altona, a suburb of Hamburg, and Arnold Houbraken mentions Ernst Stuven as one of his pupils.

We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution to Georg Hinz based on digital images.