Footed Beaker
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cylindrical cup on three ball feet. Lower part, repousse shells and leaves; upper two thirds engraved with strapwork and scrolls with masks of crowned woman, turbaned, bearded man and faun. Three engraved ovals, with woman standing amidst waves (Aphrodite), a fairy-like winged woman, faun with thunderbolt. Domed cover with repousse band of shells and leaves, and ball knob.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, 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 Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-166-107-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: beaker
label: Type
content: beaker
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (cup and lid (a/b)): 18.5 × 10.6 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.)