Nuremberg Bridal Cup 17 cm high

A drinking cup which stands for harmony and love. The legend says that a goldsmith fell in love with a wealthy man's daughter. The man who was against this relationship, had the goldsmith thrown into the dungeon. When the wealthy man's daughter learned whathad happened, she begged her father to release her beloved. Her father gave the goldsmith a cunning, an unsolvable task. If he was able to produce a drinking cup from which two people could drink at the same time, without spilling a drop,he would release his daughter's beloved and allow her daughter to marry the goldsmith.The skillful goldsmith designed a perfect drinking cup, the Bridal Cup. It looked like a female figure whose skirt serves as a drinking cup for the groom whereas the bride drinks from a second pivoting cup which is hold by the hands of the female figure. Thus, it was easy for the couple to drink from the cup at the same time.The goldsmith had made it and the two were allowed to marry and live happily until the end of their days. Until today, the Bridal Cup is a symbol of harmony and love in a marriage.