Cup, Tasting
1730-1731 (made)
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Tasting cup, silver, hemispherical with spreading foot and scroll handle. Engraved on the front within a laurel wreath, the infant Bacchus seated on a tun, with motto "GOOD FELLOWSHIP"; on the base, a couchant fox with "Jay Dormi".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, rasided and engraved. |
| Brief description | Tasting cup, silver, London hallmarks for 1730-31. |
| Physical description | Tasting cup, silver, hemispherical with spreading foot and scroll handle. Engraved on the front within a laurel wreath, the infant Bacchus seated on a tun, with motto "GOOD FELLOWSHIP"; on the base, a couchant fox with "Jay Dormi". |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Ellen G. Tanner |
| Object history | Gift - Miss Ellen Tanner Acquisition RF: Miss Ellen Tanner |
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| Bibliographic reference | Clayton, Michael, The Collectors Dictionary, 1st ed., p.285, under stirrup cup |
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| Accession number | M.313-1926 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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