Copa doble
hacia 1570
Plata sobredorada con relieve e incisiones.
58 cm de altura
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections, en depósito en el Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Nº INV. (
DC0845.1-2
)
This piece consists of two cups joined together. Many cups of this kind were wedding gifts and were used at banquets – an indication of the owners’ high status. Each cup has a lobed convex bowl, a frieze running round the rim, and a foot, all profusely decorated. This model was developed in Nuremberg and Augsburg around the mid-16th century. The engraved lobes alternate with chased female faces, a typical German decoration of the second half of the sixteenth century. The cup was acquired by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza before 1930 and bequeathed to his son Hans Heinrich.