Small Drinking Cup (krause)
Unknown
ca. 1530 · Salt-glazed earthenware, with silver and silver-gilt mounts · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
At a time when grottoes were the fascination of princes and artists in Renaissance Germany, Nuremberg potters experimented with a variety of textures to evoke natural forms. Known as a Krause, the small cup is covered in a textured surface possibly comprised of fired ceramics or crushed pieces of stone. Held up by three feet in the form of pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, the vessel may have served as a marriage cup.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1530
- Medium
- Salt-glazed earthenware, with silver and silver-gilt mounts
- Culture
- German, Nuremberg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Lois and Anthony Blumka, 2021
