HAUFEBECHER

(German: stacking cup), beaker, usually of silver, that is part of a set that can be stacked or piled up. Pieces are made so that the base of one fits into the bowl of another. Each beaker has a deep, straight-sided bowloften engraved with a hunting scenea small foot, and a narrow raised band around the centre of the body. When beakers of this type were made in sets of a dozen, they were known as Monatsbecher (month beaker)one beaker for each month of the year. They were used almost exclusively in German-speaking countriesmany being produced in Nrnbergand were fashionable between the early 16th century and the middle of the 17th century.