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Cup

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Dieppe (made)

This ivory cup or goblet is probably made in ca. 1840 and is carved with putti playing amongst foliage. Its clumsy style of carving and unusual form, the oval cup resting on three globular feet, suggest it is a pastiche of earlier work of the seventeenth century. It may have been carved in France, perhaps Dieppe.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Fakes & Forgeries
Household Objects
Object type
Cup
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Cup
  • Goblet
  • Base
Materials and techniques
Carved ivory
Ivory
Carving
Brief description
Cup or goblet, carved ivory, putti playing, probably French (Dieppe), ca. 1840, imitating work of the seventeenth century
Physical description
This cup or goblet is ornamented with cupids playing amidst scroll foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Of top diameter: 9cm
Object history
Bought in London in 1856 for £4.
Subjects depicted
Cupids
Foliage
Scrolls
Summary
This ivory cup or goblet is probably made in ca. 1840 and is carved with putti playing amongst foliage. Its clumsy style of carving and unusual form, the oval cup resting on three globular feet, suggest it is a pastiche of earlier work of the seventeenth century. It may have been carved in France, perhaps Dieppe.
Bibliographic references
  • Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929, Part II, p. 123
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1856. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 32
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013 p. 451
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, p. 451, cat. no. 496
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
583:1-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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