17TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS

Details

A drinking vessel of Maigelein type
17TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS
The oval pinched body with twelve ribs
11.2 cm. wide

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Pazaurek calls these beakers 'Vulvabechers' in opposition to 'Phallusglas' see Rückert, 1982, p. 129 no. 287. The likelihood is that these were probably 'Jagdbecher' (easier to drink from and easy to hold) or pouring vessels.

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