Lebolt & Co. (American, founded 1899)
Chicago
Loving Cup
INV-6933
Lebolt & Co. (American, founded 1899)
Chicago1912–17
Arts and Crafts MovementAmerican Arts and Crafts Movementdrinking vesselsilver
Date
1912–17
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
22.9 × 20.3 × 15.2 cm (9 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 6 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Martha and William Steen and the Dr. Julian Archie Fund
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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