Covered Beaker

Hans Greiff

ca. 1470 · Silver, gilt · Medieval Art

The emblem of the fisherman’s guild—a boat’s rudder and fishing hook crossed—is affixed to the inside of the beaker’s cover. Proud of their trade up and down the Danube, members of the fisherman’s guild embellished their emblem—a boat’s rudder and fishing hook crossed—to the inside of the lid of this festive drinking cup. A few years later, in 1498, they affixed the same motif to the guild house that they owned in the city of Ingolstadt.

Artist

Hans Greiff

Date

ca. 1470

Medium

Silver, gilt

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917