Vessel

Object/Artifact

-

Swedish American Museum

2020.2.2_glamour

2020.2.2_glamour

Name/Title

Vessel

Entry/Object ID

2020.2.2

Description

A cup-shaped vessel, possibly a traditional Swedish wedding vessel or marriage bowl of some sort according to what the donor was told by the Santa Fe Museum of Folk Art. The vessel is shaped like a traditional Scandinavian cup, similar to the traditional kuksa/guksi/kåsa cup though less like a dipper bowl and more like a miniature pitcher. The cup has a flared spout and oval-shaped basin that is longer than it is wide. The handle flares out from the cup body and has decorative triangular notches and holes throughout. Almost the entirety of the cup exterior has low relief decorative carving, featuring triangular designs around the edges and leaf-like designs slightly raised above a stippled background on the two sides of the cup basin. The cup basin appears hand-carved, not turned.

Acquisition

Accession

2020.2

Source or Donor

MioritaO'Connell

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miorita O'Connell

Made/Created

Place

Location

Unknown

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Weddings, Woodwork

Dimensions

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Length

5-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Coating

Reproductions

Notes

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