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beaker
;
coin
Object Type
beaker
coin
Museum number
AF.3080
Description
Beaker of silver parcel gilt; set with eight coins around sides and one in bottom. Last is half-daler of Charles XII of Sweden of 1718; others are pieces of 4 and 6 mariengroschen, mostly of House of Brunswick, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich (1685-1704), Georg Ludwig (1698-1714), later George I of England. Stamped with hallmark and maker's mark.
Producer name
Made by:
ARS
Production date
1718
(latest coin)
1720
(circa; beaker)
Production place
Made in:
Hamburg (city)
Materials
silver
gold
Technique
gilded
stamped
Dimensions
Diameter:
9.20 centimetres
Height:
6.80 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Read & Tonnochy 1928 / Catalogue of the silver plate: mediaeval and later; bequeathed to the British museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, K.C.B., with selected examples from other sources
(83)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Karl XII, King of Sweden
Associated with:
Rudolf August, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Associated with:
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Associated with:
George I, King of Great Britain
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1897
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
AF.3080