The Peddler Goblet
Unknown Artist
1800s
Medium
green and blue glass, enameled and gilded
Dimensions
{"diameter of mouth":{"height":0.215,"width":0.114},"diameter of base":{"width":0.12}}
Classification
Glass
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1953.364
About this artwork
In the decoration of this goblet, the peddler, fast asleep under a tree, is robbed by monkeys. The same subject appears on the famous "Monkey Cup" in The Cloisters of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was obviously appealing because peddlers were traditionally believed to have many of the same vices as monkeys. Another part of the decoration includes a scene of Venus emerging from the sea, and the Three Graces.