Drinking cup
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1950 - 2000
Materials
Rosewood
Measurements
126 x 220 x 81 mm
Order this imageCollection
575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1512430
Summary
A decorative drinking cup, possibly rosewood, with a dished rim flanked by two flared handles pierced with triangles and with incised decoration. The body carved with three stylised trees to each side on a stippled background. In the style of a Scandinavian Wedding cup or Yugoslavian (currently the Republic of Serbia) drinking cup.
Full description
This drinking cup was previously listed as 'African', but current research (Whose Heritage 575 Wandsworth Road research report by Siobhan Williams) has more accurately labelled it as European (either Scandinavian or from the area formerly described as Yugoslavia).
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.