The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Cover for a Two-Handled Cup
1677
(Charles II)
Overall: 17.2 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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This is a lid for a two-handled cup. See cover record.Description
Due to its size and ornament, the vessel accompanying this lid 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 the 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.- ?-1958Elizabeth E. Miles [Mrs. Eugene R. Miles, 1896-1978], Shaker Heights, Ohio.1958-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 128 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 128 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 170 archive.org
- British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.422.b