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Toy Cup

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1845-1860

DimensionsH: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); Rim Diam: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); Base Diam: 2.3 cm (15/16 in.)

MediumColorless non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1972.50

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DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold of two vertical sections that formed the body, handle, and upper portion of the foot, with a base plate that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger.

Label TextI have borne what no man who has walked this earth has ever yet borne. I have kissed the hand of the man who killed my son. (Iliad, Book 24) Aged King Priam of Troy visits the enemy Greek camp to beg the warrior Achilles for the body of his son Hektor, whom Achilles has killed in battle. Here white-haired Priam lurches toward Achilles, who heartlessly drinks over Hektor’s body. At the left, the god Hermes escorts a servant carrying the ransom to secure the body (a gold tripod and gold bowls). On the back is a scene of soldiers departing for war. The Rycroft Painter, whose real name is unknown, is recognized for two stylistic quirks: drawing left hands as right (see Achilles and Hektor’s corpse) and ears in reverse (as on Achilles).Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 464, no. 744.