Pear Cup
Artist: Oswald Haußner (German, 1637 - 1671)
Date: 1650-1657
Dimensions:
9 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in., 280.6g (23 × 11.5 × 9.5 cm, 280.6g)
Medium: Silver
Place of Origin: Nuremberg, Germany
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Kleia R. and Kurt T. Luckner in honor of the Community of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Toledo, by exchange, and Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 2022.92
DescriptionEmbossed, cast, engraved, cut, parcel-gilt silver. A cup shaped in the form of a pear. Three leaves form the foot of the cup, from which rises a slender stem entwined with a spiral reinforcing element, out of which grows the pyriform bowl of the cup. Three smaller pears are mounted on stalks to flank the cup. The motif of the small pears is an innovative addition to the traditional form of the pear cup.
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