Details
The tall beaker with tapering body and plain banding, the matted ground with laurel cartouche engraved '1678' and monogram 'PW', marked underneath; the second one with conforming banding and matted body, engraved laurel cartouche with later initials 'H. J' over 'D. B', marked underneath
612 in. (16.5 cm.); and 414 in. (10.8 cm.) high
13 oz. 13 dwt. (425 gr.); and 5 oz. 4 dwt. (163 gr.)
Provenance
with Nicholas Gorevic, London, 1970, the Brassó beaker, then by descent.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Lot Essay

E. Kőszeghy, Magyarországi őtvősjegywk a kőzépkortòl 1867-ig [Goldsmiths’ hallmarks in Hungary from the Middle Ages to 1867], Budapest, 1936, p. 40, no. 231 and p. 244, no. 1373.
No. 231 mentions only one item and it is the same beaker by Johannes Henning described above.

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