Two-Handled Cup
Paul de Lamerie (London)
1739–40
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- 35.6 × 33.7 × 17.8 cm (14 × 13 1/4 × 7 in.)
- Culture
- London
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Harold T. Martin Charitable Trust Fund and Eloise W. Martin
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The animated heads surrounding the lower portion of this cup are the work of a talented artist working under Paul de Lamerie, a highly successful silversmith. The dynamic and witty compositions by this unnamed artist helped establish de Lamerie’s position at the apex of London’s creative community, a diverse network of skilled artisans whose workshops were in close proximity, encouraging a level of collaboration and innovation that enabled London to compete with Paris as an international center for the production of luxury goods.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
