Egg cup

Aymé (Edme) Joubert

1725–26

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 522

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Title: Egg cup
Maker: Aymé (Edme) Joubert (master 1703, died between 1741 and 1747)
Date: 1725–26
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Height: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Object Number: 48.187.285
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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