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A mid 17th century parcel gilt and niellowork beaker,
on three ball feet, decorated around the sides with engraved festoons of fruit and flowers, maker's mark struck twice ABE or ABF, (conjoined*) and another indistinct mark, unascribed, probably Baltic, (minor repairs) - 8cm high, 4oz.
*see Rosenberg III Band N No. 9499 for a not disimilar mark on four beakers in the Church Treasury, Moscow.
see illustration on frontispiece
on three ball feet, decorated around the sides with engraved festoons of fruit and flowers, maker's mark struck twice ABE or ABF, (conjoined*) and another indistinct mark, unascribed, probably Baltic, (minor repairs) - 8cm high, 4oz.
*see Rosenberg III Band N No. 9499 for a not disimilar mark on four beakers in the Church Treasury, Moscow.
see illustration on frontispiece