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Lot 6 Dα

A silver rubel beaker

Auction 1127 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 8.750 € (incl. premium)

A silver rubel beaker

A tumbler formed from a rubel coin with gilt interior, engraved "Der Russe ward bey Zorndorff geschlagen* Ich aber als Beut davongebracht / Aus Rubel bin ich ein Tummel gemacht / Zum Guten Trunck es kanns ein jeder wagen / Der nur Preussens Friederich und seine Taht verehrt / Der sein eigenes heil, des wirthes wohl begehrt.", dated "*d 25. August 1758". H 3.5 cm, weight 22 g.
Landsberg an der Warthe, marks of Johann Friedrich Wagenknecht, circa 1758.

The beakers are an eloquent testimony to a historic encounter during the Seven Years' War: In the Battle of Zorndorf on 25th August, 1758, the Prussian troops beat the Russian army and succeeded in capturing a part of their war funds. Subsequently, a number of those Rubel coins were embossed to little beakers commemorating Prussia's military victory.