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"Diana with stag" (silver, repoussé and
parcel-gilt, antlers made from corals;
height 32.5 cm); Matthäus Walbaum (or his circle),
Augsburg, early seventeenth century

Known as "drinking games", such centrepieces were generally filled with wine, set in motion and emptied by the diner in front of whom they stopped. No trace of the customary wheels and clockwork are found in the present example.
"Diana on a Stag" was a very popular motif for such objects and seems to have been a speciality of Augsburg goldsmiths. Some thirty examples survive, all made by three Augsburg masters. Matthäus Walbaum probably created one of the earliest.

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Reliquary of Emperor Henry II

 

Drinking game "Diana with stag"

 

Cross of Queen Gisela

 

Travelling set

 

"Henry Chalice"

 

Statuette of St George

 

Crucifix

 

Two small globes

 

Crown of an English Queen

 

Ornamental jug

 

Sapphire Cup

 

Pendulum clock

 

Ostrich egg cup

 

Ivory chest

 

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