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Lidded standing cup with cameos and intaglios

Gold, enamel, semi-precious stones.
The Renaisance had revived antiquity’s lapidary art and prized each and every cameo or intaglio as a separate work of art. After 1600 the quality declined, and was replaced by a decorative serial production.

This display cup combines the unique with craftsman-like repetition. The motifs are the good emperors of antiquity, the rulers of the European Renaissance and themes from mythology. The colours of the enamelling, and its exotic flowers, animals, birds and fruit, date the cup to 1635-50. (The Moor and the dragon on the stem from c.1610 are re-used pieces.) The enmalling may have been made in the Netherlands and the stone carved in Prague, but the exact place of origin is unknown. The cup, wich belonged to the Dukes of Holstein, was a Danish spoil of war and was found in a strongbox in an underground vault at Gottorp Palace in 1732. After having it restored Christian VI sent it to the Green Cabinet in 1736.

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Cup, rock crystal

Cup made of rock crystal, carved in the shape of a flying fish. Presented to Christian V by Queen Sophie Amalie after the capture of Wismar in 1675. Made in Milan c. 1580.

Cup of glass

Cup of Norwegian glass, engraved on the occasion of the coronation of Frederik V, 1747. Engraved by H.G. Köhler in Copenhagen.

Cup

Standing cup of agate, mounted in gold enamel with rubies and a diamond.

Cups

Cups of ivory and ostrich egg, laid in the deer park at Frederiksberg Palace in 1753. On top are the gods Mars and Minerva. The Cups were made by L. Spengler for Frederik V’s birthday in 1757.

Cup of birch-wood

Cup of birch-wood, with Christian V’s monogram. Made by Magnus Berg, 1690.

E The Green Cabinet

The Green Cabinet, which is today the name of the former Palace kitchen in the basement, was originally the name of a small room next to the Old Regalia Room.