Covered Cup
Myer Myers
1764–75
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
35.6 × 29.2 × 17.8 cm (14 × 11 1/2 × 7 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
53055
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Period accounts refer to this form as either a Bishop or a Grace cup. Bishop was a drink made with wine, lemon, and sugar mixed with spiced port. The term Grace refers to the mealtime prayer, after which the cup was passed around the table. The cup’s form is a later interpretation of the 17th-century caudle cup and the early-18th-century covered cup, examples of which are on display in the galleries.