Cup (c. 1720): Art, History and Details
Cup at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1720, glass. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Cup (c. 1720) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This substantial drinking vessel was used for a variety of alcoholic beverages. Bohemian glass gained immense popularity throughout Europe’s courts in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) had abundant natural resources, including potassium-rich minerals that, when combined with chalk, created clear glass that was remarkable for its stability. Glassmakers from the region became experts at hand cutting and engraving glassware, as in this example featuring a boar hunt amid elaborate ribbonlike motifs, or strapwork, and floral designs.
Object facts
- Title: Cup
- Date: c. 1720
- Culture: Bohemia
- Type: Glass
- Technique: glass
- Dimensions: Diameter: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 21 x 9.7 cm (8 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1950.158
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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