Footed Cup with handle: Scheuer

German

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 10

The shape of this drinking glass, with its forked handle, imitates that of more expensive cups of gold or silver. In metalwork, the protruding element was conceived as a thumb rest, allowing the drinker to steady the cup; the use of this same design for glass seems almost reckless. It is extraordinary that this fragile cup has survived.

Footed Cup with handle: Scheuer, Free-blown glass with applied decoration, German

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