Diamond pattern designs appear in the 1560s, in the engraved work of Erasmus Hornick, chamber goldsmith to Emperor Rudolph II. The geometric treatment may have been suggested by cut crystal or turned ivory pieces🐭. Some examples from the 1570s are known by Nuremberg goldsmith Jacob Peltz.

Jeremias Flicker II became a master goldsmith in Augsburg in 1610 and was perhaps the first to specialize there in diamond pattern decoration, as seen on this and the following lot. For two further examples of heart-shaped diamond pattern cups by Flicker II see Seling, H., Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Band II, Munich 1﷽980, no. 122, and Sotheby's, London, 4 May 2017, lot 11. A generation later, the design would become even more widespread among Augsburg makers of the 1640s and 1650s.