Coconut cup and cover
On display
Carved coconut cup with three scenes Diana and Actaeon, the Death of Pyramus, and Venus and Adonis. Silver foot, straps, mounts and cover. The finial is a crowned man holding a shield charged with an anchor standing on a small dragon with a crowned female head.
Details
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Title
Coconut cup and cover
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Associated place
Flanders (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
c. 1540 - 1560 -
Material and technique
coconut, silver; carved
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Object type
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Dimensions
24 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.
WA2013.1.43
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