A FINE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT MONATSBECHER

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A FINE GERMAN PARCEL-GILT MONATSBECHER
Augsburg 1690-1695, maker's mark of Johann Christoph I Treffler

The plain body with straight, slightly everted sides, with engraved panels, two with putti surrounded by scroll and foliage and two with cartouches beneath the inscription "Februari", one enclosing a fishing scene and the other with solar and religious characteristics of the month, marked under base - 10.3 cm (4 in) high
189 grs.

Lot Essay

The inscription on the beaker reads as follows:
FEBRUARI
hat 28 Tag
Fest u: Feirtag
Lichtmes 2
Dorothea 6
Mathias 24
Die (Sonne) lauft im Zeichen
der (Fisch)
(Sonnen)Aufgang umb 7 uhr
(Sonnen)Undergang umb 5 uhr
Taglaeng 10 Stundt
Nachtlaeng 14 Stund

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