Dear foot goblet

This "dear foot" goblet from 1614 is decorated with painted coats of arms - two on the front, two on the backside. It is made of turned wood covered with leather. Such dear foot-shaped goblets cannot be found anywhere in the world but Tallinn. The goblet belonged to the Brotherhood of Blackheads in Tallinn. Text on the upper rim of the vessel tells that the goblet was a gift to the Brotherhood from member Thomas Garholt in 1614. The coats of arms on the front side belong to P. Kni(e)per and R. Ka(e)llermann, aldermen of the Brotherhood who had the goblet renovated in 1691 and 1722. The coats of arms on the backside are those of alderman J.J. Illig who renovated the goblet in 1782 and to H. Püsshell's family.
In 1711, the Blackheads hosted the Russian czar Peter the Great who drank beer from the goblet. The czar liked the "deer feet" and donated money to the brotherhood, for which a silver deer foot goblet was commissioned.