Beaker 1574 Attributed to Valentinus (Felten) Dengel The Salgo Collection contains two examples of an extremely rare beaker of a graceful type that has its roots in the Hungarian Gothic period. Most such beakers were melted down, but a few were part of hordes hidden during turbulent times and only recovered in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. All of these beakers have a simple trumpet-shaped form with an applied gilded and pierced girdle above the middle section. The German inscription on the lip reads, "Drink and dont forget God your Lord 1574."LiteratureJudit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 26, no. 4.ReferencesElemér K?szeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, likely no. 1294 [makers mark.Géza Fehér. Craftsmanship in Turkish-Ruled Hungary. Budapest, 1975, n.p., fig. 59.Eva Toranová. Goldschmiedekunst in der Slowakei. Translated by Hele
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