Two-Handled Cup (1712): Art, History and Details
Two-Handled Cup at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1712, silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Two-Handled Cup (1712) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Anthony Nelme (British).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Nelme was one of the most famous and successful native English silversmiths of a time when Huguenots (French Protestants) dominated the creation of richly decorated pieces for the most fashionable market.
Object facts
- Title: Two-Handled Cup
- Date: 1712
- Creator attribution: Anthony Nelme (British)
- Culture: England, London
- Type: Silver
- Technique: silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 25.4 x 26.1 cm (10 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1961.197.a
Collection credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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