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Lot 718

A GERMAN PEWTER GUILD BEAKER 'ZUNFTPOKAL'

DATED 1688

Fermé29 April 2010

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A GERMAN PEWTER GUILD BEAKER 'ZUNFTPOKAL'
DATED 1688
THE DOUBLE DOMED LID SURMOUNTED BY A FIGURAL FINIAL AND ENGRAVED WITH THE TEXT HABE ES GESTOCHEN ICH JOHANNES BUDICH, THE BODY ENGRAVED WITH THE TEXT:
HANS MATHEUS OTTO
DER.DI.SEN.WILKOM.NIMET.AN
UNT.IHM.S.EN.US.SO.SWER.KE.ME.AN
DER.SOL.SEIN.STA.FE.TUN.
ANNO 1688
53 CM. HIGH

Note du spécialiste

THE GERMAN "ZUNFTPOKAL" OR "WILKOMM" WAS IN USE FROM THE 17TH CENTURY ONWARDS AND WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE PASSED AROUND AT THE OPENING OF GUILD MEETINGS FOR A WELCOME DRINK. THREE COMPARABLE EXAMPLES ARE ILLUSTRATED IN F. AICHELE, ZINN, MUNICH, 1977, PP. 131-132.