Galvanoplastic reproduction of the cup of the St. Maartens or brewer's guild of Haarlem, Galvanoplastic reproduction of the cup of the St. Maartens or brewer's guild of Haarlem. The cup decorated with Renaissance ornaments consists of a cuppa, which is placed on a foot with a baluster-shaped trunk and four volutes, which end in women's heads. The upper side of the cuppa has a widened edge on which a profiled lid rests, crowned by a plastic group, representing Sint Maarten who cuts his cloak in half for the benefit of a beggar. The center piece carries four oval medallions, interspersed with winged angel heads and other motifs, that depict scenes from the life of the saint. This shows the conversion of two robbers, the raising of a boy from the dead, Sint Maarten during the construction of a church and his deathbed. Various ornamental decorations have been applied to the entire object, including leaf motifs, scrollwork, flower garlands and satyr figures, Haarlem, Fa. Elkington & Co., Utrecht, 1881, copper (metal), silver (metal), h 46 cm × d 16 cm × w 1367 gr
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