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This tumbler represents a typical group of seventeenth-century drinking vessels. The tall, slightly conical shape was popular in Northern Europe. Most specimens are known from the Netherlands where apart from everyday use some items were used by Protestants as the vessel for the Holy Communion. They are often embellished with engraved design.
The decoration of the present tumbler comprises three allegorical female figures after Nuremberg engravings by Georg Pencz and Hans Sebald Beham, separated by intertwining branches.
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