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Silver Cup

Christian IV’s Temperance Cup. Covered cup of silver made in 1600 by Gabriel Brockmüller. It was paid for with the King’s prize in a wager, where the one to get intoxicated first would lose.

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1575-1600

This period was not only the end of a century but also the last part of an period of prosperity. It was also a time of peace, with a pause in the otherwise regular wars with Sweden.