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Cruet

Cruet

  • Place of origin:

    Holland (south, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1400-1450 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silver, partially gilt and enamelled

  • Museum number:

    M.587A-1910

  • Gallery location:

    Sacred Silver & Stained Glass, room 84, case 2

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Altar cruets contained the water and wine used in the Mass. These ones are enamelled on the foot with ‘A’ for aqua (water) and ‘V’ for vinum (wine). They are of unusually high quality and may have been made for a private chapel.

Physical description

Cruet for the Mass. Silver parcel-gilt with enamelled details. Octagonal, the body supported on a stem with eight-lobed knop rising from an eight-pointed foot marked V(vinum) or A(aqua). The lid is surmounted by a foliated finial.

Place of Origin

Holland (south, made)

Date

ca. 1400-1450 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silver, partially gilt and enamelled

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm, Diameter: 10.5 cm

Descriptive line

Silver, parcel-gilt and enamel, Netherlands, ca.1400-50

Exhibition History

Medieval Worship (Sacred Silver and Stained Glass Galleries, the Victoria and Albert Museum 22/11/2005-22/11/2005)

Labels and date

Pair of Altar Cruets
Altar cruets contained the water and wine used in the Mass. These ones are enamelled on the foot with 'A' for aqua (water) and 'V' for vinum (wine). They are of unusually high quality and may have been made for a private chapel.

Southern Netherlands, about 1400-50
Silver, partly gilded and enamelled
Museum nos.M.587&A-1910 [27/10/2005]
PAIR OF CRUETS FOR THE MASS
Silver parcel-gilt, in enamel, on the foot of one, A (aqua); on the other V (vinum).
Flemish; first half of the 15th century
Salting Bequest

Production Note

South Netherlandish

Materials

Silver; Gold; Enamel

Techniques

Gilded; Enamelled

Categories

Metalwork; Religion; Christianity

Collection code

MET

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