Great, Baroque-style ball foot cup

Silver, partially gilded. The corpus, which is slightly conically expanding, is displayed on three exhibited ball feet with a profiled lip edge. The smooth rim is offset by narrow profile lines of varying widths. The wall is adorned with abundant fruit bundles, ribbons, and flowers between three high oval medallions. Within them are architectural representations in wooded landscapes. Gilded on the inside. Made by the master Sigmund Bierfreund (became a master in 1654). Weight approximately 145 g. Height 11.5 cm. See catalog Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Vol. I, Part 1, No. 68, BZ 23. A large and footed Nuremberg Baroque parcel-gilt silver beaker by Sigmund Bierfreund (master since 1654). Gilt inside. Tested, assayed, and marked by the master. German. Nuremberg. 1665-1669.