Cup
ca. 1650 (made)
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This is a cup made of rock-crystal, engraved with figures of Neptune and Amalthea, with silver mounts.
Rock crystal is a transparent, colourless quartz. The art of carving rock crystal was known in Roman times and in Egypt under the Fatimid dynasty (909-1171). In Europe it was practised mainly in the north, but also in Italy. The Miseroni family, working in Milan then Prague from the 1550s, supplied the courts of Europe with rock crystal.
Rock crystal is a transparent, colourless quartz. The art of carving rock crystal was known in Roman times and in Egypt under the Fatimid dynasty (909-1171). In Europe it was practised mainly in the north, but also in Italy. The Miseroni family, working in Milan then Prague from the 1550s, supplied the courts of Europe with rock crystal.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Rock crystal, with silver-gilt mounts |
| Brief description | Cup, rock crystal, with silver-gilt mounts, by Georg Schwanhardt the Elder, Germany, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | The bowl is of rock crystal, boat-shaped, engraved on the wheel are Neptune and Amalthea and a phoenix, the stem also of crystal: with silver-gilt mounts which bear the maker's mark E.K., surmounted by a crystal swan. |
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| Object history | Bought in 1867. |
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| Summary | This is a cup made of rock-crystal, engraved with figures of Neptune and Amalthea, with silver mounts. Rock crystal is a transparent, colourless quartz. The art of carving rock crystal was known in Roman times and in Egypt under the Fatimid dynasty (909-1171). In Europe it was practised mainly in the north, but also in Italy. The Miseroni family, working in Milan then Prague from the 1550s, supplied the courts of Europe with rock crystal. |
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| Accession number | 49-1867 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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