Cup with Gilded-Silver Mounts

French or Italian

1375–1400

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 306

Originally, a second cup would have been inverted on top of this one.

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Title: Cup with Gilded-Silver Mounts
Date: 1375–1400
Culture: French or Italian
Medium: Rock crystal, silver, and gilded silver mounts
Dimensions: Overall: 5 9/16 x 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (14.1 x 16.5 x 11.3 cm)
Diameter of rim: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Base: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Classification: Lapidary Work-Crystal
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.611a
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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