It seems to have been made in silver and
gilded at some later point. During the French occupation after 1794, the guilds were disbanded and the collection was dispersed. In 1821 the cup was sold for 166 guilders and it came into the hands of a collection in Scotland. It came up for auction in 1976 and the Rijksmuseum purchased it for 700,000 guilders with support from the
Vereniging Rembrandt. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid for a piece of silver in the Netherlands. The reason had to do with the number of times the ewer was featured in prominent paintings of the 17th century. A selection of these are: File:Adriaen van Nieulandt (II) - Kitchen Scene - WGA16570.jpg|
Kitchen Scene (1616) by
Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger File:SA 31443-Paulus en Barnabas in Lystra.jpg|
Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (1617) by
Pieter Lastman File:Pieter Lastman - The Angel Raphael Takes Leave of Old Tobit and his Son Tobias - Google Art Project.jpg|
The Angel Raphael Takes Leave of Old Tobit and his Son Tobias (1618) by Pieter Lastman File:Jan Tengnagel - The Continence of Scipio 004 OMP 8K337.jpg|
The Continence of Scipio (1614–1619) by
Jan Tengnagel File:Odysseus and Nausicaa.jpg|
Odysseus and Nausicaa (1619) by Pieter Lastman File:Isaac Blessing Jacob MET DP145918.jpg|
Isaac Blessing Jacob (1642) by
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout File:Salomon Koninck - The Adoration of the Magi - 002.jpg|
The Adoration of the Magi (1650) by
Salomon Koninck File:De grootmoedigheid van Scipio Rijksmuseum SK-C-1631.jpeg|
The Continence of Scipio (1653) by
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout File:Govaert Flinck - The incorruptible Consul Marcus Curius Dentatus - Google Art Project.jpg|
Marcus Curius Dentatus refuses the gifts of the Samnites (1656) by
Govert Flinck File:Barend Graat - Pandora SK-A-5027.jpg|
Pandora (1676) by
Barend Graat ==Notes==