A German Silver Beaker, Cologne, Circa 1610

Property of a Private Collector

A German Silver Beaker, Cologne, Circa 1610

cylindrical with flared lip, engraved with an upper band of running leaves, flowers, and buds in strapwork, all above a band of fruit pendants topped by squirrels eating nuts and a running rabbit, divided by pendants of flowers and buds, molded foot

marked on base, monogram maker's mark not clear, possibly for Heinrich Roesberg, see Carl-Wilhelm Clasen, Rheinische Silbermarken, no. 115, p. 32.

2 oz

62.2 g

height 3 in.

7.6 cm