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The Peddler Goblet
The collection record classifies this work as glass. It is dated 1800s. Recorded culture or place: Italy, Venice (Murano), 19th century.
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- Museum title
- The Peddler Goblet
- Date
- 1800s
- Culture / origin
- Italy, Venice (Murano), 19th century
- Materials and technique
- green and blue glass, enameled and gilded
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 21.5 x 11.4 cm (8 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Diameter of base: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1953.364
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
In the decoration of this goblet, the peddler, fast asleep under a tree, is robbed by monkeys. The same subject appears on the famous "Monkey Cup" in The Cloisters of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was obviously appealing because peddlers were traditionally believed to have many of the same vices as monkeys. Another part of the decoration includes a scene of Venus emerging from the sea, and the Three Graces.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
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