Four Continents
date: label: Date
content: 1701–50
name: label: After
content: Johannes Meyer, 1655 - 1712
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Standing cup with medallions of two continents between scrollwork. Europe, crowned, holding scepter and shield with Habsburg coat of arms; attributes: horse, helmet, and banners (after an engraving by Johannes Meyer), printed on a New Year’s broadside, “Geographia,” for 1706 issued by the Burgerliche Bibliotec, Zurich; Africa, holding tambourine and parasol, attended by buffalo and crocodile. Baluster stem with knob: foot cut and engraved with strapwork.
place: label: made in
content: Thuringia, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-82
objectType: label: Type
content: glasswares
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Standing cup
label: Type
content: Standing cup
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 25.4 x 12.7 cm (10 x 5 in.)