Tazza with cover depicting the Relief of Breda: Cover, upper surface: Scene IX, Spanish officers surrender the stronghold to the Dutch

Cover, upper surface: Scene IX, Spanish officers surrender the stronghold to the Dutch ; This impressive covered tazza is a rare extant example of a fully documented gift of honor, a category that included many of the most important pieces in precious metals that were produced in the 16th and 17th centuries. This object was commissioned by the city of Breda as a gift for Philip, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg (1550-1606) in gratitude for the count's remission of two months' arrears of pay that the city owed him as commander-in-chief during the taking of Breda, using a peat-barge as a... Mehr ...