Two-handled cup with cover

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An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cup originally was made for use in a private home—perhaps as a "loving cup"—to be passed among guests or displayed on a sideboard. In 1765, when it would have seemed distinctly old fashioned, it was bequeathed to the Church of Charing, where it was used as a communion cup. The donor, Elizabeth Ludwell, had her coat of arms engraved on the side and an inscription added to the cover.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art