Coconut cup, c1585, (1881). Etching of a mounted coconut, made in the late 16th century, possibly in Hamburg, Germany. The cup is decorated with malachite on the silver gilt mounts. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]