On a domed bombé foot chased with foliate scrolls on matted ground, with openwork bracketed stem between two calyxes, the trumpet-shaped bowl chased with winged grotesque busts amidst stylised scrolls, fruiting swags and foliage
12³⁄₄ in. (32.4 cm.) high
13 oz. 16 dwt. (430 gr.)

Purchased from Leslie S. Scott, 18 Motcombe Street, Knightsbridge London, 22 December 1970 (£250), then by descent.

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Standing cups are a traditional drinking vessel in most of Eastern European countries. The construction and decorative elements used for this example sugest a Transylvanian origin. An example illustrated in J. Kolba, Hungarian Silver, the Nicolas M. Salgo Collection, London, 1996 shows a similar example p. 40, no. 18.