A GERMAN SILVER-GILT COLUMBINE-CUP
MARK OF HANS WEBER, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1620
The hexafoil cup chased with grotesque masks and strapwork on a matted ground, the lobed rim engraved with alternating panels of grotesque masks and figures in landscapes one depicting a child on a hobby horse, another with a game bird and another feeding a dog, the trefoil foot with three cast masks and with a stem cast with ram's-masks and dolphins, marked near rim
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
12 oz. 17 dwt. (400 gr.)
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT COLUMBINE-CUP
MARK OF HANS WEBER, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1620
The hexafoil cup chased with grotesque masks and strapwork on a matted ground, the lobed rim engraved with alternating panels of grotesque masks and figures in landscapes one depicting a child on a hobby horse, another with a game bird and another feeding a dog, the trefoil foot with three cast masks and with a stem cast with ram's-masks and dolphins, marked near rim
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
12 oz. 17 dwt. (400 gr.)