Double beaker

Peter Wiber

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The barrel-shaped beaker was in use since sixteenth century, at a time when precious silver vessels of various shapes imitating everyday objects of utilitarian nature were very fashionable–especially in German-speaking cultural centers. They detach in the middle to be used as separate vessels.

Double beaker, Peter Wiber (master 1603, freeman 1605, sworn 1623–27, died 1641), Silver-gilt, German, Nuremberg

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