A German Renaissance silver gilt cup, David Lauer or Laue, Nuremburg circa 1590, the double ogee bell bowl repousse embossed and chased with a central band of alternating scallop shells and fruits within Mannerist cartouches, between laurel wreath cords, flanked by two further fruiting and rosette borders, the inverse baluster stem cast with nodules and lappets, above a bulbous and stepped splayed foot, similarly decorated, stamped marks, 19cm high, 7.32ozt

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