Coconut cup, ca. 1650, Hungarian, Nagyszeben, Gilded silver, coconut, turquoise, Height: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver, The hunting scene engraved on the lip may to refer to the cup’s use after hunting trips when a welcome drink was offered to the most prestigious guests. The decoration is inspired by Virgil Solis’s prints, which were available to craftsmen in pattern books
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Coconut cup, ca, 1650, Hungarian, Nagyszeben, Gilded silver, coconut, turquoise, Height, 7 3/16, 18.3 cm, Metalwork-Silver, hunting, scene, engraved, lip, refer, cup, hunting trips, welcome drink, offered, prestigious guests, decoration, inspired, Virgil Solis, prints, available, craftsmen, pattern books
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