Coconut Cup with Old Testament Scenes. Cornelis de Bye (Dutch, d. 1598) (Artist).Before 1598.Coconut, silver mounts. Housed at Walters Art Museum.[1284×2778]
Did Coconuts at that time have similar status/signalling value as pineapples in Europe? (i.e. “it’s from the tropics; it must cost a fortune to get here…”)
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Did Coconuts at that time have similar status/signalling value as pineapples in Europe? (i.e. “it’s from the tropics; it must cost a fortune to get here…”)
[useful info](https://art.thewalters.org/object/57.1046/)