Title
Two silver cups, 17th century?, (1881). Creator: R I Stevenson.
Caption
Two silver cups, 17th century?, (1881). Etching of two silver-gilt drinking cups or beakers. The one on the left was made c1600 in Wesel in the German Rhineland. The inspiration for the shape is a 16th-century glass drinking vessel called a 'romer'. The raised knobs (called 'prunts') on the lower half mimic the decoration which forms naturally in the handling molten glass. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]
Date
1881
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19F36_495
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,6Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,3in x 15,4in / 4887 x 4618 (300dpi)