Two-handled Cup
1704-1705
Artists
Description
Circular, the raised body with slightly flaring sides, on domed circular cast foot chased with a band of dentilation, the body chased with vertical fluting below an applied moulded mid-rib and chased above with a band of stylized acanthus leaves on a matted ground; the cast harp-form handles capped by stylized palmettes.
Dimensions
16.5 x 23.8 x 13.6 cm (6 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.) 647 g
Provenance
Private Collector, London, sold [through Christie's, London, Novmeber 12, 1924, lot 118]. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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