A Nuremberg silver gilt beaker

A Nuremberg silver gilt beaker

Tapering beaker with a moulded rim on a narrow base. Decorated with diamond lobes. H 11 cm, weight 173 g.
Marks of Michael Müllner, 1609 - 29.

Literature

Cf. a chalice by Müllner in the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, illustrated in cat. GNM 2007, no. 355. A further chalice in the Swedish National Museum, Stockholm, illustrated in cat. European Silver 1500 - 1850, Stockholm 2011, p. 119. Cf. Also a chalice by this maker in the Oetker collection illustrated in cat. Die Faszination des Sammelns, Munich 2012, Nr. 51. For this type cf. cat. Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst von 1500 - 1920, Berlin 1992, cat. no. 45.
An identical beaker by Müllner aucioned at Christie's Paris, February 2009, lot 151.