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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Two-Handled Cup

Two-Handled Cup

1712
fabricated by

Anthony Nelme

(British)
England, London, 18th century
silver
Overall: 25.4 x 26.1 cm (10 x 10 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning 1961.197
Location: not on view

Description

Nelme was one of the most famous and successful native English silversmiths of a time when Huguenots (French Protestants) dominated the creation of richly decorated pieces for the most fashionable market.
  • first owned by Col. John Irwin of Tanragoe, County of Sligo, Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning, Mentor, Ohio.
  • Hawley, Henry H. "An English Silver Cup." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 2 (1962): 33-35. mentioned & reproduced on PP 33-35 25142492
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” March 6, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Two-Handled Cup|url=false|author=Anthony Nelme|year=1712|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1961.197