Physical Qualities
Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze gilt decoration, 4 15/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 1/4 in. (12.5 x 9 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of the Friends of the American Wing in Memory of James M. Easter II
Object Number
2002.39
Stirrup cups filled with punch or spirits were passed around to mounted hunters just before they set off riding to the hounds over field and stream, in pursuit of fox and other wild creatures. The form descends from the rhyton, a ceremonial drinking cup found in multiple Eurasian cultures as early as the Bronze Age, or the 2nd millennium BCE.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; The Stradlings, New York, NY
Inscribed: RIM, outside, (inscribed in gold), 'American Porcelain'
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 05B/Case 2
