Object of the Month April

The Birthday Goblet

Prince Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1678-1740) gave this goblet to his wife Elisabeth Albertine (1693–1774) on her 37^th birthday (Schloßmuseum Arnstadt, Inv.-nr. K-G 0051, photo Thomas Wolf/ Gotha, © JLU Gießen).

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Arthur Henkel, ed. Emblemata: Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart 2013, p. 440.

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