Cup and cover
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Coconut shell.
Measurements
140 mm (Height); 101 mm (Diameter)
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2 Willow Road, London
NT 112632
Summary
A globular cup and cover carved out of a coconut shell resting on a base; a two-part hollow sphere with triangular leaf pattern on exterior, splitting along the perimeter of the leaf in the upper hemisphere.
Provenance
Owned by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, also known as Mrs Ernö Goldfinger. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994.