Two Handled Cup and Cover
1669-1670 (made)
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Two handled cup and cover, silver, parcel gilt, cased with silver openwork, pierced, chased and repoussé.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Silver, parcel gilt, London hallmarks for 1669-70, mark of John Gérard Cooqus(?) |
| Physical description | Two handled cup and cover, silver, parcel gilt, cased with silver openwork, pierced, chased and repoussé. |
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| Gallery label | CUP
Silver-gilt, with silver cagework London, 1669-70
Mark GC monogram perhaps for Gerard Cooqus
This cagework presentation cup may be from the workshop of the famous Utrecht goldsmith, Christian van Vianen, who returned to London in 1660 to work for Charles II. His partner, Gerard Cooqus, was a royal silversmith and made a set of bedroom furniture for Nell Gwyn.
Silver cost about five shillings an ounce. The charge for 'fashion' or workmanship varied with the time and skill required. The elaborate cagework would have raised the cost of this piece but the rich contrasts created between the 'white' silver and the gilding underneath would have been much admired.
290-1854 |
| Production | Examination with Alastair Dickinson and Philippa Glanville in May 1989 concluded that the following features are unusual for this date; the feet are pinned on; the handles are bolted on to the cage work (normally soldered at this date) and there is no domed nut for fastening the lid. |
| Bibliographic reference | Philips, P. A. S. 'John Cooqus, Silversmith'. The Antiquaries Journal, vol. 14, 1934, pp. 283-94 |
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| Accession number | 290-1854 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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