Covered Pokal (Presentation Goblet) with Arms of the von Greiffenberg Family
Artist: Hans Jakob I. Bair (goldsmith) (German (Augsburg), ca. 1566-1628)
Artist: David Altenstetter (enameler) (German (Augsburg), ca. 1547-1617)
Date: about 1608
Dimensions:
H with cover: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Medium: gilded silver and enamel
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1956.63A-B
DescriptionThe cover bears a finial in the form of a griffin supporting the arms of the the von Greiffenberg family. Coat of arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th sable, three arrows inverted in fess gules overall a fess argent, 2nd and 3rd azure, a griffin Or, overall an escutcheon azure charged with a flame issuant from base argent.
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