A BOHEMIAN ENAMELLED DATED KURFURSTEN HUMPEN, the cylindrical body enamelled in colours with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire flanked by seven Kurfürsten, inscribed Trier, Cöllen, Mentz, Behem, Pfaltz, Sachsen, Branderburg inscribed 1597 beneath a gilt dotted band and the inscription Die römische kaiserliche Meigestatt samptt Den sieben Churfürsten in ihrer kleidung amptt und sitz. 1597, the reverse with a lily of the valley branch, the lower part with a very long inscription Der ertzbischop zu Mentz bekandt etc.., the applied footring with white dash ornament, kick in base, first half 19th Century

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A BOHEMIAN ENAMELLED DATED KURFURSTEN HUMPEN, the cylindrical body enamelled in colours with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire flanked by seven Kurfürsten, inscribed Trier, Cöllen, Mentz, Behem, Pfaltz, Sachsen, Branderburg inscribed 1597 beneath a gilt dotted band and the inscription Die römische kaiserliche Meigestatt samptt Den sieben Churfürsten in ihrer kleidung amptt und sitz. 1597, the reverse with a lily of the valley branch, the lower part with a very long inscription Der ertzbischop zu Mentz bekandt etc.., the applied footring with white dash ornament, kick in base, first half 19th Century
32.5 cm high

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