221 - Cup with Samson and Delilah

Cup with Samson and Delilah Goblet with Samson and Delilah, Middle German, c. 1740 Ascending disc base with tear-off and downturned edge. Air bubble pierced in the articulated shaft. On bell-shaped cuppa, partially polished, ornamental cartouche with the depiction of Samson and Delilah, in the background the Philistines. Inscription on the reverse: ''lieben ist was schönes auff der weld Die lieb ist besser den das geld lieb nur behudsam wan du liebst sonst begetst scorn und spodt zu lohn''. H. 22.5 cm