Show ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES beautiful S iver goblet recently sold n germany at the dispersal of the thewalt col 01 action in germany recently t iere bere was sold a silver goblet of gothic form adorned inside and out with iab enamel in grisaille with gold on a blace ground the figures on the out side probably from a dutch engrav ing represent a delightfully humorous story monkeys plundering a travel ing merchant on the base the man and his dog are asleep while the mon kes hes play their tricks with them some pull off his boots and stockings aal and tickle him with a shaving brush others empty his pack of girdles DO iches mirrors cloth and mus cal CF I 1 I 1 enan e led robi I 1 sod EC d for or S 4 holtet 4 emles d 44 41 instruments and pass them on to oth ers who climb on the conventional lattice work that covers the goblet on the inside of the mouth of the cup are monkeys and dogs hunting the deer in the woods the interior of the foot is adorned with the same sort of vegetation as the exterior the goblet Is only eight inches high and four and a halt half inches in diameter 1 4 have heard from trustworthy sources that it is an heirloom from the arun del sale and a little ticket left inside the goblet confirms this information new york sun |