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*HE BEVENSEN CUP
A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT CUP AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHAN ROBYN, HAMBURG, 1614-1617 WITH ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF HINRICH LAMBRECHT I (1614-1628)
Grape-shaped, the pedestal foot with swirling lobes and applied with a later silver plaque engraved with the Virgin and Child and inscription, the stem formed as a grape harvester holding a pruning knife and a staff wrapped in a vine, the cover with two-handled vase of flowers finial, marked on foot and with label inscribed I NO 7
The inscription reads 'DAS ALTE WEICHBILDE UND FLECKEN BEUENSEN', which translates as The Old Municipal Area of Beuensen and the Town itself (now Bevensen).