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| Keywords: Cornelis de Bye - Coconut Cup with Old Testament Scenes - Walters 571046 - Side E.jpg Objects of curiosity coconuts from Africa or the East Indies were often turned into cups with silver mounts The inscription in Dutch Drunkenness is the root of all evil accompanies Old Testament scenes of Susanna threatened by the Elders Delilah cutting Samson's hair and Lot with his daughters all involving succumbing to temptation Other inscriptions announce that Cornelis de Bye carved the coconut and that his daughter Nelltgen had it mounted to commemorate his death adding a further rhyme celebrating the bee's Bye's creation of pure honey through the love of God before 1598 Renaissance coconut silver mounts cm 17 1 accession number 57 1046 3261 George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Netherlands Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Cornelis de Bye Coconut cups Cups Drunken Lot and his daughters | ||||
