Bidspirit auction | Antique Style Wager Cup Made

Antique Style Wager Cup Made of Silver-Plated Metal - Height: 21 cm Width: 9 cm (* Antique Wager Cup - The origin of these cups is 'Jungfraubecher' (Maiden Cup) produced in Nuremberg, Germany around 1565 and used throughout the 17th century. The cup is designed as a young woman in a long skirt supporting a smaller, swinging cup above her head. (Rarely, it is a male figure) Wager cups were made for use at wedding feasts, where the groom drank wine from the large cup and offered his bride to drink from the small cup without spilling a drop. Production of such cups was renewed in the late 19th century, mainly in Germany and the Netherlands for export to England and the USA, not for weddings but more as a wager or bet on who could drink while turning the cup without spilling a drop of wine (hence the name wager cup) - from the course on antique item appraisal led by Yariv Egozi 058-7795848)