Drinking Horn (the Tecklenburg Greifenklaue)

1540-50
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Drinking Horn (the Tecklenburg Greifenklaue)
  • Date: 1540-50
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Buffalo horn, silver (cast, chased, engraved and gilded)
  • Dimensions: 12 3/8 × 24 15/16 in. (31.5 × 63.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Natural Substances, Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Sammlung Angewandte Kunst, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts