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Why Margrete cup?
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:28 am
by Denis_S
Hello everybody.
Can you help me to understand, why those cups calling as
"Margrete" cups?
What was this used for?
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:35 pm
by dognose
Hi Denis,
I can't help much, except to say that I have never seen one that was not of Danish manufacture. I presume this style of piece was named after Queen Margrete, the first female monarch of Denmark.
Hopefully someone from Denmark can give a more precise answer.
Trev.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:47 am
by Hose_dk
Design was made due to the fact that Magrethe was afraid to get poisened. Therefore her 7 chambemaids tested the wine before Magrethe drank. So they did not drink of the same spot - this design was made.
Magrethe 1353 to 1412
or so the story goes :-)
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