stirrup cup
Object NameStirrup Cup
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1715-1725
Place MadeBrandenburg, Potsdam
TechniqueBlown, engraved, applied
SizeOverall H: 18.4 cm; Base Diam: 10.8 cm
Accession Number64.3.19
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless and gold ruby. Blown, applied, engraved.Stirrup cup with flared bowl set into small, rounded cup, with finial consisting of large, bulbous knop in shape of exploding shell, with three twisted red-striped “flames” and scars where two others have been broken off. Bowl engraved with trophy of arms, including banners inscribed “FWR,” framing crowned oval panel bearing crowned flying eagle and sun, inscribed, in riband above, “NON SOLI CEDIT”; on reverse, Order of the Black Eagle, inscribed “NON SOLI CEDIT” and enclosing flying crowned eagle. Around rims of bowl and smaller cup, stacks of firebombs.
Provenance
Source
A. Van der Meer
- 1964
