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Two-Handled Cup and Cover

Two-Handled Cup and Cover

1677

Did You Know?

Cups of this kind are often called sleeve cups since the ornament is incorporated into a pierced and chased hollow tube that slides over the gilded body of the cup.

Description

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.
  • ?-1958
    Mrs. Eugene R. [Elizabeth E.] Miles [1896-1978], Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1958-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Annual Report of the Year 1958.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (June 1959): 111–158. Mentioned: p. 128 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 128 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 128 archive.org
    Milliken, William Mathewson. “Gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 371–383. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 381 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 170 archive.org
  • British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
    No legacy exhibitions.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.422