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Silver, fully gilded. On exhibition spherical feet, a portable cylindrical body with an easily oscillating, smooth rim divided by profiled lines. On the wall and lid alternate stylized relief flat fruit sheaves, a total of six medallions with expressively cast antique portraits of Roman rulers, each engraved above; the lid is shaped like a cap with a finished smooth, widely flared rim and crowned with a large spherical finial. Master Hans Philipp Sigmund (became a master around 1659) did the engraving, delicate hatching, marking, weight about 205 g. Height 14.5 cm. See Seling 2007, BZ 0750, No. 1622. German Baroque gilded silver goblet with lid featuring antique portraits of emperors, made by Hans Philipp Sigmund (master since about 1659). Marking, assay, and workshop mark. German. Augsburg. 1673–1675.