Set of beakers (three pieces, which can be put into one another)

Beakers with this cilindrical shape, slightly widening towards the top, are particularly common in Hungarian and Transylvanian finds from the 17th century. A characteristic of these beakers is their inside, almost always completely gilded. Most common is chiseling covering their whole surface. The motif seen also on these ones was called “woolly” (such as sheep wool). Due to coats of arms and other indications of the owner on such objects we can deduce this type of beaker was among the most common silverware. They were found in properties of barons, gentries, richer farmers and even commoners. These particular beakers bear the coats of arms of their former owners, Chancellor of Transylvania Mihály Teleki and his second wife, Judit Vér.