Cup with cover
Unknown
1591 · Ostrich egg, gilt silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Ostrich eggs were regarded as both rare and exotic in sixteenth-century England, and thus were considered suitable for mounting in gilt silver. The top of the shell has been sliced off in order to form the cover; the finial in the form of an ostrich is probably a nineteenth-century addition.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1591
- Medium
- Ostrich egg, gilt silver
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
