Cup and Cover
ca. 1635-1640 (made)
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Parcel-gilt standing cup and cover, eight-lobed body on a stem, surmounted by a statuette of St. Catherine.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt |
Brief description | Silver, Continental Silver, Continental |
Physical description | Parcel-gilt standing cup and cover, eight-lobed body on a stem, surmounted by a statuette of St. Catherine. |
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Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
Many of the cups in this display would have appealed to the aspiring merchant classes of South German towns. The inside of the cover of this cup has an enamelled plaque with a coat of arms within an inscription reading HANS. EZWILER. BURGER. ZU. STEIN AM RIN Ao 1635 (HANS EZWILER, CITIZEN OF STEIN ON THE RIVER RHINE, 1635) The figure on top of the cover is St. Catherine of Alexander a Christian saint and patron of education. She was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded for her Christian faith and here displays her emblems, the wheel and the sword.(26/11/2002) |
Credit line | Alfred Williams Hearn Gift |
Object history | A similar cup can be seen in the Jurian van Streek painting: Still-life with vessel, a plate and a bowl of fruit. |
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Accession number | M.45-1923 |
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Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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