Spa beaker with scenes of Marienbad

Spa beaker with scenes of Marienbad

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This beaker and its matching decanter (27.185.244a,b) are decorated with enamelled medallions with representations of spa buildings and beauty spots in the Bohemian health resort of Mariánské Lázne, then known as Marienbad. Those on the decanter are identified as Waldquelle (now Lesní pramen or Forest source), Carolinenbrunn (Karolinin pramen or Caroline's spring), Ambrosiusbrunn (Ambrožovy prameny or Ambrosius springs) and Kreuzbrunn (Krížovy pramen or Cross spring). Those on the beaker are of Hirten-Ruhe (Hirtenruhe), Friedrich-Wilhelms-Höhe (Výšina Bedricha Viléma or Frederick William Heights), and Ferdinandsbrunn (Ferdinanduv pramen or Ferdinand's spring).

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.