Expert: Martin G Roberts - 9/4/2006

Question
I have a pewter cup about 31/2 inches tall, looks hand carved, has sceans fron old munich germany. was told this was a cup comistioned by Kaiser Barbarosa to be made. has what looks to be a church with twin clock towers, a lady on a piller with a lion,a building with a single clock tower and what looks to be a monk with munchen writen under it . the seal on the bottom is a crown over an angle  holding a balance beam and a sword with the initials K B under it. what do you know about this

Answer
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Probably a tourist souvenir from about 1900. Value pennies.

Barbarossa: do you mean Frederick Barbarossa, 12th Century Holy Roman Emperor? How could your piece possibly be this old?

"Kaiser Barbarossa" was a first world war battleship.