Description & Technical information
Thierry I van Eyck, dean of the goldsmith’s guild of Mechelen in 1584 and 1600. He died in 1639.
This cup is the only Coconut cup known in Mechelen.
Date: 1602-1603
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century
Origin: Belgium, Mechelen
Medium: silver, Coconut
Dimensions: 27.5 cm (10⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: La corporation et les ouvrages des orfèvres malinois, G. van Doorslaer, 1935, p. 214
Categories: Silver, Works of Art
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