UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German
(active after 1477)

Goslar Mining Cup

after 1477
Silver, part gilt, height 73 cm
Town Hall, Goslar

Inscribed with the date 1477, the year when mining was resumed in the ore-rich Rammelsberg near Goslar, the goblet appears to celebrate this particularly significant event. The tiny figures on the lid are miners going about various tasks.