Coconut Cup
Artist
Unknown
(Southern German, 15th century)
Dateca. 1580-1620
CultureSouth German
MediumGilded silver and coconut shell
ClassificationMetalwork
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris, approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7147
On View
Not on viewCollections
1880-1920
