Coconut cup and cover
On display
A coconut shell carved with three panels of frolicking putti, mounted as a cup, mounted in silver, partly gilt and partly patinated black. The stem is formed as a black man [an African or a South American?] with bow and arrows. The foot and lid have embossed flowers and fruit in patinated silver.
Details
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Title
Coconut cup and cover
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Associated place
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Date
c. 1670 - 1700 probably -
Material and technique
coconut, parcel-gilt silver, parcel-patinated silver; gilded and carved
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Object type
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Dimensions
30 cm (height) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.208
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
