Cup and Cover
1773-74 (hallmarked)
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Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Raised, cast, moulded, chased and tooled silver-gilt. |
| Brief description | cup and cover, silver-gilt, London, Thomas Heming, 1773-1774 |
| Physical description | Two handled cup standing on a spreading foot with waisted stem and a calyx of laurel leaves below the bowl, the lower part of the bowl chased with fluting, above this, two oval medallions depicting groups of putti in scenes emblematic of love, with drapery swags between. The cover is of ogival form, with a a band of guilloche ornament around the border and chased with palmettes and foliage within, the fluted, waisted central section terminates in a bud finial above a calyx of laurel. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Purchased from Partridge (Fine Arts), Ltd., London, 1980. |
| Historical context | The medallions in the body are probably cast from glass reproductions of ancient gems, produced by James Tassie (Schroder, 1988, p. 316) |
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| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 83, pp. 316-318. ISBN.0875871445 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.979:2-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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