Standing cup with cover, ca. 1700, Hungarian, Brassó, Silver, partly gilded, Height: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm), Metalwork-Silver, On top of the lid sits winged Cupid, the god of love, who may have played with his well-known (but here lost) attribute, an arrow. The stem statuette in the form of a boy holding up an apple could refer to Adam and the biblical story of the expulsion from Paradise
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Standing cup, cover, ca, 1700, Hungarian, Brassó, Silver, partly gilded, Height, 11 13/16, 30 cm, Metalwork-Silver, top, lid sits, winged, Cupid, god, love, played, well, lost, attribute, arrow, stem statuette, form, boy holding, up, apple, refer, Adam, biblical story, expulsion, Paradise
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