chased and embossed with three emblematic oval cartouches; one a snake with sword in hand, engraved DUM SPIRO, SPERO, another, with three balls above a pair of bellows, inscribed NON NISI VENTUS, the third, a sabre wrapped in a climbing flower, titled UTROQUE CLARESCERE PULCRUM, interrupted by fruiting cornucopias, on a spreading circular foot

Schliemann et al., Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. III, p.148, no. 342

Nice gauge and colour, probably a little over-gilt. Clear marks. Good condition.
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This type of emblematic beaker appears particular to the town of Hamburg. The Latin inscriptions translate as While I Breath, I Hope (Dum Spiro, Spero), It Was Only The Wind (Non Nisi Ventus), and Beauty Shines With Both (Utroque Clarescere Pulcrum).