Silver Cup

Silver, partially gilded. At the base, a rounded, almost cylindrical body on three prominent large ball feet. A smooth zone with a narrow, punched profile outline, with small convexities and a profiled edge. On the wall, relief acanthus leaves alternating with three highly elongated medallions framed by mirror-image C-shaped curves. Inside, various portraits of emperors. A curved lid with matching relief decoration, crowned with a large spherical finial. Gilded inside. Signature and hallmark, likely master Johann Christian Steinhauer (active from 1706). Weight approx. 250 g. Height 18.5 cm. See Rosenberg, Volume III, number 3625. German Baroque gilded silver goblet, probably by Johann Christian Steinhauer (active from 1706). Hallmark and workshop. Naumburg an der Saale, circa 1710.