Cup and cover
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapering cup covered with the figures of the Four Continents; Asia with turban and crescent sceptre; Africa with ostrich-feather headdress and parasol; Europe with imperial crown, orb, and sceptre; America with feather headdress and cape, and sceptre; step with two putti; foot with elephant and rhinoceros interlocked in battle, and eagle. Domed cover with six putti in relief and one, standing, as finial.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, probably Franconia
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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: 1960-1-25-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Cup and cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: rhinoceros horn mounted in silver-gilt
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 51 x 11 cm (20 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)