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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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