Christening mug

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Christening beaker by Micha Peteler, silversmith. Forged and raised by hand, with a material thickness gradient from the heavy base to the lighter rim, silver 935/000, approx. 145 g, dimensions vary slightly, height approx. 58 mm, diameter approx. 72 mm

A baptismal cup is a drinking vessel that is given as a gift for the person to be baptized . Today it is mostly a silver-plated or silver cup . This can be simple or with subtle decorations . The engraving of the motto , baptismal name or initials of the person to be baptized are also common. If the date of birth is engraved, it is usually on the bottom of the cup.

The baptismal mug is a popular godparent gift that should accompany the person to be baptized throughout life. The vessel symbolizes purity and innocence . It is an indication of the purifying and life-giving meaning of water and in this context an allusion to the water used in the ordinance of baptism . In Salzburg the baptismal water was kept in it until the child was able to pray.

Christening beakers were widespread in the 19th century in west German wine-growing regions ( Rheingau , Rheinhessen , Pfalz , Baden ), but historical baptismal beakers are also known from Bavaria and Westphalia .

literature

  • Leopold Schmidt: Christening beaker as a gift. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, ISSN  0029-9669 , Vol. 85, 1982, Issue 3, pp. 288-293 ( online ; PDF; 13.6 MB).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann: Sour Weeks, Happy Holidays. Celebrations and everyday life in the language of customs . Bucher, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7658-0471-1 , p. 124.
  2. ^ Werner Thuswaldner: Salzburg (= dtv Merian Travel Guide 3734). Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-423-03734-2 , p. 113.
  3. ^ Leopold Schmidt: Christening beaker as a gift. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, Vol. 85, 1982, Issue 3, pp. 288–293, here p. 291.
  4. ↑ Hans Ottomeyer, Ulrike Laufer: Biedermeier's luck and end: ... the disturbed idyll. 1815-1848 . Catalog of the exhibition of the same name in the Münchner Stadtmuseum, May 10 to September 30, 1987. Hugendubel, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-88034-310-1 , p. 436.
  5. ↑ An example, dated “August 31, 1745”, can be found in: Kristiane Menck: Münstersche Goldschmiedekunst from the Anabaptist period to Classicism . Typescript, Münster 1978