A SWISS SILVER-GILT CUP, MARK OF HANS PETER RAHN, ZURICH, CIRCA 1595-1600

A SWISS SILVER-GILT CUP
MARK OF HANS PETER RAHN, ZURICH, CIRCA 1595-1600
On lobed spreading foot with baluster stem cast with masks and applied with three scroll brackets, the lower body chased with lobes and with flared rim, engraved with three oval cartouches depicting three mythological muses, marked underneath, with inventory no D244
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
13 oz. 17 dwt. (432 gr.)
The cup is engraved with three of the nine Greek mythological muses: Thalia, Ourania and Calliope.

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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY (LOTS 401 TO 454)