Footed beaker

Thomas Trepches II

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The proximity of Hungary to the Ottoman Empire may explain why Hungarian craftsmen and patrons often favored Oriental-inspired patterns, like the stylized arabesque scrollwork below the lip on this beaker, which had been out of fashion in Western Europe for almost two generations. The hunting scene at the base refers to the exclusive right of the local nobility to hunt certain game animals. Literature Tihamér Gyárfás. A brassai ötvösség története. Brassó, 1912, p. 107, no. 179. Judit H. Kolba. Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgo Collection. London, 1996, p. 66, no. 44. References A beaker with a similar foot was sold at auction by Dr. Fischer Kunstauktionen in Heilbronn. Elemér Kőszeghy. Magyarországi ötvösjegyek a középkortól 1867-ig / Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede Ungarns vom Mittelalter bis 1867. Budapest, 1936, possibly no. 203 [maker’s mark]. [Wolfram Koeppe 2015]

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.

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