Coin beaker with lid

Coat-of-arms from the  von Neheim family from Fritzlar/Hesse

Silver, parcel-gilt
Samuel Waldecker (master 1660-1714)
Korbach dated 1676
Height: 28 cm, weight: 2060 g

Coat-of-arms with circumscription:
Johann Willem und Henrich Ernst gebruder von Nehem Kanonici Fritz Lariensis, Anno 1676

The coat-of-arms is that of the von Neheim family from Fritzlar, which died out in 1715.
The beaker with coin lid probably belonger to the last male members of the family, whose death marked the end of this family: the two brothers Johann Wilhelm a(ca. 1630/35-1693) and Heinrich Ernst von Neheim (ca. 1636-1696), who were both Canons, i.e. Catholic priests.