A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker

A Siebenbürgen partially gilt silver beaker

Conical beaker with flared rim on a high foot with owner's inscription below "TASNADI*LAKATOS*YANOS". Decorated with a teardrop design amid scrolls. Two soldered repairs to the body. H 22.3 cm, weight 256 g.

Unmarked, Hungary/Transylvania, circa 1580. Literature

Cf. an almost identical beaker illus. in cat.: Kunstschätze des Ungarischen Nationalmuseums, Budapest 1973, no. 3. For this type cf.: Heller, Ungarische und Siebenbürgische Goldschmiedearbeiten, Munich 2000, pl. VI, and nos. 20, 28.