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On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 65, The Whiteley Galleries

Two-Handled Cup

1705-1706 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silver, two handled, a corded belt round the top and stamped rosettes on each side, the lower part fluted or gadrooned, at each point a pomegranate and a rosette alternately.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, with gilt interior
Brief description
Silver, parcel-gilt, London hallmarks for 1705-6, mark of John Sutton
Physical description
Silver, two handled, a corded belt round the top and stamped rosettes on each side, the lower part fluted or gadrooned, at each point a pomegranate and a rosette alternately.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Length: 22cm
  • Width: 14.3cm
  • Weight: 416.1g
Marks and inscriptions
  • SV within a double oval (the right hand side rubbed), mark for John Sutton, Grimwade 1990, no. 2649. Full marks struck just below the rim of the cup.
  • London hallmarks for 1705-6
  • Inscribed "The Company of Porters" within a plain, circular, cast cartouche.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles. English Silversmiths' Work Civil and Domestic: An Introduction. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965
Collection
Accession number
3635-1856

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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