Cruet
1350-1400 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The letters A and V on the tops of these vessels stand for aqua (water) and vinum (wine). Altar cruets were used to mix the sacramental wine with water in the chalice, for the celebration of the Mass. Inscriptions on them indicate that they were donated to Basel Cathedral by one of the Cathedral canons between 1474 and 1516.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Cruet, Silver with hinged lid, Upper Rhine, 1350-1400 |
| Physical description | Silver cruet with hinged lid, with the applied initial V. Parcel gilt and with bands of bobbled decoration.An inscription scratched under the foot records that it was given by Dr Arnold zem Luft [canon 1476-1516]to Basel Cathedral |
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| Gallery label | PAIR OF CRUETS FOR THE MASS
Silver parcel-gilt. Marked, A (aqua), and V (vinum)
South German; 14th century
Formerly in the Treasury of Basle Cathedral |
| Object history | New York Exhibition RF.96/1812 |
| Historical context | In 1834 allotted to Basel- country;1836 sold at auction in Liestal to Jophann Friedrich II Burckhardt-Huber, Basel; until 1862 PrincePeter Soltykoff, Paris, when sold at auction to Van Cuyck; 1865 acquired by museum from W. Maskell for £ 15. |
| Production | From Basel Cathedral |
| Summary | The letters A and V on the tops of these vessels stand for aqua (water) and vinum (wine). Altar cruets were used to mix the sacramental wine with water in the chalice, for the celebration of the Mass. Inscriptions on them indicate that they were donated to Basel Cathedral by one of the Cathedral canons between 1474 and 1516. |
| Associated object | |
| Bibliographic reference | Husband, Timothy, The treasury of Basel Cathedral, New York 2001, cat. no. 11, p. 57, citing previous literature
Pratt,Samuel, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, VI, 1851, p.157 and plate xviii |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 450-1865 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2005 |
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