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This stunningly elegant, balanced and strict cup in the
form of a young woman wearing a skirt which serves as a cup was made by
the master Wolf Eispinger in the 1580s. On the figure's head are fixed
handles with scroll-work and hermas bearing the second smaller cup on
hinges. In the right hand the woman holds a bouquet, in the left, gloves.
This is one of the fun, turnover cups like Jungfernbecher or Jungfraubecher.
Sometimes referred to as wedding cups, they were widespread in the last
quarter of the 16th century. The idea was to drink wine from the cups
without splashing it while the bridegroom was drinking from the larger
cup and the bride from the smaller one.
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