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Two-Handled Cup and Cover
The collection record classifies this work as silver. It is dated 1677. Recorded culture or place: England, London.
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- Museum title
- Two-Handled Cup and Cover
- Date
- 1677
- Culture / origin
- England, London
- Materials and technique
- silver and silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.2 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1958.422
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Due to its size and ornament, this vessel may have functioned as a caudle cup, containing a mixture of ale or wine and bread, oatmeal, eggs, sugar, and spices that was given to women after childbirth to help them regain their strength. The scrolling foliage and exotic birds along the exterior of this cup were likely based on prints circulating in the 1600s. The reclining female figures capping the handles and the acanthus bud finial on the lid recall common architectural motifs.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. Eugene R. Miles in honor of William Mathewson Milliken in appreciation of his interests in Cleveland artists · CC0
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