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A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
Lot 108

A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER

POSSIBLY DEBRECEN, CIRCA 1600

Closed17 May 2011

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A HUNGARIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER
POSSIBLY DEBRECEN, CIRCA 1600
Flaring cylindrical on a trumpet foot with molded zig-zag band, the body and foot flat-chased and embossed with panels of diaperwork alternating with rhomboid figures, the rim engraved with arabesque band, one side engraved with initials HE * FE, apparently unmarked, later scratched under base Erdély XVI
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high; 9 oz. 10 dwt. (299 gr.)

Specialist note

The distinctive flat-chased and embossed decoration on this beaker is known as the "perspiration pattern." Hungarian goldsmiths used this motif to represent the drops of perspiration on Christ's brow during the Passion (Baroque Splendor: The Art of the Hungarian Goldsmith, 1994, p. 50).