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The other identical half (now in the Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna) was turned upside down and fitted onto the other like a cover. Double cups were traditionally given as wedding presents and used as 'welcome' cups for shared drinking by guilds and other institutions. When assembled, it would have been displayed with other grand pieces on a sideboard. This cup bears the marks of two of Germany's finest goldsmiths.","physicalDescription":"Deep lobed cup engraved and chased with strapwork on a decorated stem with scrolls and foliage supported on a circular foot. 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Such cups were frequently used as Welcome Cups, since they were composed of two identical halves and made two goblets when separated. When assembled, it would have been displayed with other grand plate on a buffet. The other half of this cup is in the Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte, Kunst Vienna.\nA similar example can be seen in an illustration from the Wilkomm Buch Von Kirchensittenbach, Nuremberg 1593 (Germanisches Nationalmuseum) showing the city architect Wolf Jacob Stromer offering the Wilkomm at the inauguration of the Schloss Kirkensittenbach.\nSee The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Timothy Schroder, LACMA, 1988, p525 for illustration of Durer’s designs for double cups. Also shown in Jamnitzer catalogue.\nSee Works of Art from the Wernher Collection, Christie’s Sale, London 05 July 2000, p136 (lot 41) for similar example by Andreas Bestreich, Nuremberg, around 1570 and p144 (lot43) for similar example by Paulus Flindt the Elder, Nuremberg, around 1565.\nDent in one lobe.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Double cup, gilded silver, engraved and chased, Germany (Nuremberg, Augsburg), mark of Hans Petzold, mark of Christoph Lencker, ca. 1590","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Silver, ed Philippa Glanville, V&A 1996"}],"production":"Bowl and stem: Hans Petzold (master 1578, died 1633).  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Double cups were traditionally given as wedding presents and used as 'welcome' cups by guilds and other institutions.","date":{"text":"26/11/2002","earliest":"2002-11-26","latest":"2002-11-26"}}],"partNumbers":["485-1873"],"accessionNumberNum":"485","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1873,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-30","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-09","availableToBook":false}}