Beaker, 1638, Hungarian, Nagyszeben, Gilded silver, Overall: 6 x 4 in. (15.3 x 10.2 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The laurel-framed armorial device on this beaker depicts two laurel-crowned warriors holding ribbons inscribed Justitia and flanked by the initials GL and the date 1638. Heraldic signs or emblems were an essential part of the life of the region’s aristocracy
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Beaker, 1638, Hungarian, Nagyszeben, Gilded silver, Overall, 6 x 4, 15.3 10.2 cm, Metalwork-Silver, laurel-framed, armorial, device, beaker depicts, two, laurel-crowned, warriors, holding, ribbons, inscribed, Justitia, flanked, initials GL, date 1638, Heraldic signs, emblems, essential part, life, region, aristocracy
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