Pick of the Week: Late Renaissance novelty that turns water into wine
Of all the types of playful drinking cups or trinkspiel made by Dutch and German goldsmiths during the 16th and 17th centuries, the example offered by Sotheby’s in Paris last week was surely the most elaborate.
The earliest known of its type, made by the celebrated Hans Maulbrunner in Augsburg c.1614-16, it …