.jpg?w=1)
拍品专文
A windmill cup of 1640 by the same maker is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, B. Ter Molen-den Outer, Dordrechts Goud en Zilver, Dordrecht, 11 April 15-June 1975, no. 26.
The Windmill Cup The windmill cup was the most popular of the silver wager cups produced from the late 16th Century until the early 18th Century. The foot of the cup is in the form of a windmill and is designed so that it cannot be put down until its contents are emptied. The bowl of the cup is usually divided into horizontal bands and decorated with engraved strap-work and flowers, sometimes including drinking-songs, names or monograms. Taking turns, the first drinker blows into the pipe, sending the sails of the windmill in motion. The aim is to empty the cup before the sails of the windmill stop moving. The hands of the clock are the next part of the game. The drinker then spins the hand of the clock and where it lands indicates a figure from one to twelve. Some authors suggest that this designates the amount to drink if the cup is not drained in time. Others propose the unfortunate drinker must offer fellow drinkers as many drinks as the hand indicates (Schadee, N.,"Historisch Museum der Stad Rotterdam, Molenbeker Rotterdam", in:
Vereniging Rembrandt, Nationaal Fonds Kunstbehoud 1, 1991, pp.18-19) or that the hand indicates the next victim (Exhibition Catalogue, Nederlands Zilver/Dutch Silver 1580-1830, Amsterdam-Toledo-Boston, Rijksmuseum-The Toledo Museum of Art-Museum of Fine Arts, 1979-1980, pp. 4, 5, 372, 373).
The Windmill Cup The windmill cup was the most popular of the silver wager cups produced from the late 16th Century until the early 18th Century. The foot of the cup is in the form of a windmill and is designed so that it cannot be put down until its contents are emptied. The bowl of the cup is usually divided into horizontal bands and decorated with engraved strap-work and flowers, sometimes including drinking-songs, names or monograms. Taking turns, the first drinker blows into the pipe, sending the sails of the windmill in motion. The aim is to empty the cup before the sails of the windmill stop moving. The hands of the clock are the next part of the game. The drinker then spins the hand of the clock and where it lands indicates a figure from one to twelve. Some authors suggest that this designates the amount to drink if the cup is not drained in time. Others propose the unfortunate drinker must offer fellow drinkers as many drinks as the hand indicates (Schadee, N.,"Historisch Museum der Stad Rotterdam, Molenbeker Rotterdam", in:
Vereniging Rembrandt, Nationaal Fonds Kunstbehoud 1, 1991, pp.18-19) or that the hand indicates the next victim (Exhibition Catalogue, Nederlands Zilver/Dutch Silver 1580-1830, Amsterdam-Toledo-Boston, Rijksmuseum-The Toledo Museum of Art-Museum of Fine Arts, 1979-1980, pp. 4, 5, 372, 373).