Footed beaker, first half 17th century, Hungarian, Brassó, Gilded silver, Overall: 5 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (13.2 x 7.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Telling stories populated with mythological creatures—like those engraved on the base of this beaker—was a favorite pastime at social gatherings. Parts of Transylvania, the home of Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler (1431–1476/77), the inspiration for Bram Stocker’s Count Dracula, were allegedly inhabited by dragons and other highly dangerous creatures, among them wyverns and liver-eating eagles thought to hide and hunt among the precipices of the Balkan and Carpathian mountains
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Footed beaker, first half 17th century, Hungarian, Brassó, Gilded silver, Overall, 5 3/16 x 2 7/8, 13.2 7.3 cm, Metalwork-Silver, Telling stories, populated, mythological creatures—, engraved, base, beaker—, favorite pastime, social gatherings, Parts, Transylvania, home, Wallachian Prince, Vlad, III, Impaler, 1431–1476, 77, inspiration, Bram Stocker, Count, Dracula, allegedly inhabited, dragons, highly dangerous, creatures, wyverns, liver-eating eagles, thought, hide, hunt, precipices, Balkan, Carpathian mountains
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