Aquilla (beaker), previously known as ‘The Cup of Montezuma’,

1400–1530

Spanish nobleman, Cádiz, Spain, before 1694; Edward Russell, 1st Lord Orford (1653-1727), London, 1694-1727; Lady Anne Tipping, niece of Russell, London, 1727-1738; Catherine Tipping, daughter of Lady Anne, 1738-1765; Andrew Archer, son of Catherine, 1768-1778; Sarah Archer, daughter of Andrew Archer, 1778-1838; William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), husband of Sarah Archer, 1838-1857; The Amherst of Arracan family collection, latest 1860-1973; [Christie’s London Sale, December 5 1973, lot 59]; private collection, France, 1973-2009; [Rieunier & Associés, Hotel Drouot, Paris, sale on July 1 2009]; [Scottsdale International Ltd, Paris, France, 2009-2014, company dissolved in 2014, ownership passed to beneficial owners]; private collection, London, 2014-2021; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

• Alexander von Humboldt, Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènces de l'Amèrique vol. 1 (Paris:1813), p. 227
• Alexander von Humboldt and Helen Maria Williams, Researches concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America with Descriptions and Views of some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1814)., p. 188
• “Antiquités Mexicaines,” Bulletin des Sciences historiques, Antiquités, Philologie, 15(1830): 244-246., pp. 244-246
• William Robertson, A general history of North and South America (London: Mayhew, Isaac, and Co., 1834). , p. 267
• William Robertson. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America (Edinburgh: T. Nelson, 1842).
• Evan Nepean, Mexican antiquities from the island of Sacrificious: from excavations made in the year 1840, by Captain Evan Nepean whilst in command of H. M. Ship (1843)., illus., frontispiece
• "Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute, May 4, 1860," The Archaeological Journal XVII (London: 1860): pp. 174-185., p. 181

• Society of Antiquaries Meeting
  Sunday, September 14, 1738

• Society of Antiquaries
  Thursday, April 18, 1765

• Special Exhibition, Archaeological Institution Rooms
  1860

• Loan Collection, South Kensington Museum, London
  1862

• Auction, Christie's London
  1973

• Auction, Rieunier & Associés
  2009

• The Winter Show, Park Avenue Armory
  Friday, January 24, 2020 - Sunday, February 2, 2020