Lot 70. A German parcel-gilt silver beaker, Jonas Silber, Nuremberg, circa 1572-1576. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

fitted with male and female portrait medallions enclosed by engraved hatched arabesques, embossed with lobes above leaf chased foot; 8.5cm., 3 1/4 in. high; 180gr., 5oz. 16dwt.

Note: An identical beaker, probably the example here, is illustrated by Karin Tebbe et al. Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, 2007, no. 844 [1], where the cataloguers record that the profile medallions are after specifically referenced engravings by Virgil Solis (1514-1562)