Chalice
ca.1500 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The form of this chalice is characteristic of central Italy in the late 15th century. The roundels represent scenes from the Life of the Virgin and Christ’s Passion.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gilded silver, decorated with
niello |
| Brief description | Church plate, Continental |
| Physical description | Chalice, gilded silver, decorated with niello (black composition) plaques, depicting the life of The Virgin and and The passion. Includes a bishop’s coat of arms with the letters NB. Six lobed and cusped foot, hexagonal stem, depressed spherical knop and calyx, all decorated with acanthus ornament, bell shaped bowl. Foot, knop and calyx are each set with nielloed plaques. One with the coat of arms (quarterly first and fourth with a lion rampant to sinister, second and third, an oak tree, over all a cross) surmounted by a mitre and flanked by the initials, NB, occurs in each group. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A coat of arms (quarterly first and fourth with a lion rampant to sinister, second and third, an oak tree, over all a cross) surmounted by a mitre and flanked by the initials, NB, occurs in each group. (Letters included in a bishop's coat of arms.) |
| Credit line | Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh FSA. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The form of this chalice is characteristic of central Italy in the late 15th century. The roundels represent scenes from the Life of the Virgin and Christ’s Passion. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.417-1936 |
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| Record created | May 1, 2009 |
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