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Double Cup (Mazer)

c. 1530

Germany, 16th century

maple wood with gilt-silver mounts

Part 2: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.83.a

Location: not on view

Description

A characteristic form of drinking vessel made of close-grained wood, especially maple, was developed in Germany as early as the thirteenth century. It consisted of a larger cup with a foot and a handle and a smaller cup on top. The upper one served as a lid but could also be removed and used as a separate drinking vessel. In this example the smaller upper cup is inset with a memorial portrait medallion of Albrecht Dürer made in the year of his death, 1528. The medal is the work of Matthes Gebel who was active in Nuremberg and Augsburg as a medallist from 1523 to his death in 1574. The reverse of the medal is set into the base of the larger lower cup.

Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt-am-Main. (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 255 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 71 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 89 archive.org
K, Matthias Wagner, and Katharina Weiler. The Collection of Maximilian Von Goldschmidt-Rothschild. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2023. Mentioned: p. 278; Reproduced: p. 300, G.R.35
The Collection of Maximillian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild. Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (organizer) (January 28-June 4, 2023) https://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/en/visit/exhibitions/the-collection-of-maximilian-von-goldschmidt-rothschild/.
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