About this artwork
Produced by the Chicago silver firm Lebolt & Co., this loving cup is an example of machine-age practices introduced at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement. Unlike the hand-hammered Chicago metalwork of this period, the vessel has a smooth finish. Its bowl was formed from a sheet of machine-rolled metal rather than worked by hand from a silver bar or ingot. Lebolt’s interest in mechanical methods reflects the philosophy of Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who wrote in 1901,“in the Machine lies the only future of art and craft.”
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Status
- On View, Gallery 179
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Lebolt and Company
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Title
- Loving Cup
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Place
- Chicago (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- c. 1912–1917
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Medium
- Silver
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Inscriptions
- Marked on bottom: left-facing rampant lion beside a script "L" in lozenge on a twisted rope over "HANDMADE" in capitals; "STERLING/818" on opposite side of base
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Dimensions
- 22.9 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm (9 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 6 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Martha and William Steen and the Dr. Julian Archie Fund
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Reference Number
- 1987.123
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