Two-Handled Cup

Description

Nelme was one of the most famous and successful native English silversmiths of a time when Huguenots (French Protestants) dominated the creation of richly decorated pieces for the most fashionable market.

Provenance

first owned by Col. John Irwin of Tanragoe, County of Sligo, Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning, Mentor, Ohio.

Two-Handled Cup

Anthony Nelme

1712

Accession Number

1961.197.a

Medium

silver

Dimensions

Overall: 25.4 x 26.1 cm (10 x 10 1/4 in.)

Classification

Silver

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Corning