Footed beaker, ca. 1680, Hungarian, Gilded silver, Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, On this beaker, bold auricular scrolls form cartouches with bundles of foliage and fruits. It seems that the goldsmith intended the points where the scrolls meet to evoke a grotesque mask, with punched pyramidal eyebrows above the nostrils, and an open, heart-shaped mouth from which a leaf-shaped tongue emerges
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Footed beaker, ca, 1680, Hungarian, Gilded silver, Height, 7 7/8, 20 cm, Metalwork-Silver, beaker, bold auricular scrolls, form, cartouches, bundles, foliage, fruits, seems, goldsmith intended, points, scrolls meet, evoke, grotesque mask, punched pyramidal, eyebrows, nostrils, open, heart-shaped mouth, leaf-shaped tongue, emerges
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