Covered Cup with Figural Handles
about 16508 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (21.59 x 15.88 x 12.07 cm)
Possibly Johann Zeidler (German, active 1636–1678)
Creation Place:
Nördlingen, Germany
Medium:
Moss agate, gilded silver mounts, and enamel on copper overlay with rubies, garnets, emeralds, sapphires, citrines, and turquoise
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft
Accession Number:
1931.267a-b
Currently on View in:
Tiny Treasures (4)
Exhibition History
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. Art and Fashion of the Renaissance, October 4–November 30, 1946.Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. A Fortune in Fantasy: A Treasury of Rare Decorative Arts, November 21, 1985–January 19, 1986, no. 80.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft, July 3, 2021–May 1, 2022.
Gallery Label
A miniature basket filled with enameled fruits and flowers crowns the cover of this cup. Colorful gemstones also catch the eye. Meant to elicit admiration and to demonstrate the power and wealth of its owner, this vessel is a fine example of the types of objects found in Baroque treasury chambers and cabinets of curiosities. In these spaces, collectors displayed a variety of decorative arts alongside antiquities, scientific instruments, and wonders of the natural world.
Provenance
(Acquired by Seligmann, New York, NY); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, October 21, 1904; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [1]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [2]. Notes:
[1]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [2]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.
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