Kiddush Cup (Nuremberg)
Michael Müllner
Early 17th Century
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Michael Müllner
16th–17th Centuries
Michael Müllner was a prominent goldsmith in Nuremberg, Germany. He came to the city of Nuremberg from the town of Alfeld and in 1612 was admitted as a master to the goldsmiths’ guild. Examples of his pieces can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum in London, the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, the Armoury of the Kremlin in Moscow, and the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich.
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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