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Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

  • Place of origin:

    Augsburg, Germany (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1708-1710 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Adam, Elias (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled copper mounted in silver-gilt

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Col. F. R. Waldo-Sibthorp

  • Museum number:

    1937&A-1898

  • Gallery location:

    Silver, room 69, case 4

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Elias Adam became a master around 1704 and specialised in mixed-material goldsmiths' work and mounting porcelain and hardstone vessels, popular Augsburg products.

Physical description

Cup and saucer with silver-gilt rims containing a mixture of Egyptian key ornament and foliate decoration, the cup and saucer depicting maritime scenes and classical architecture

Place of Origin

Augsburg, Germany (made)

Date

ca. 1708-1710 (made)

Artist/maker

Adam, Elias (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled copper mounted in silver-gilt

Marks and inscriptions

[Saucer] Elias Adam
[Saucer] Augsburg town mark for 1708-10
[Saucer] Dutch second assay mark in use 1807-10

Dimensions

[Teacup] Diameter: 6.9 cm lip, Height: 5 cm
[Saucer] Diameter: 11 cm

Object history note

Elias Adam became a master around 1704 and specialised in mixed-material goldsmiths' work and mounting porcelain and hardstone vessels, popular Augsburg products.
Acquisition RF: 96867/1898

Descriptive line

Cup and saucer with silver-gilt rims and depicting maritime scenes and classical architecture, Elias Adam, Augsburg, ca. 1708-1710

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Oman, Charles, German Domestic Silver of the Eighteenth Century, London: Victoria and Albert Museum p. 9, 1965

Materials

Silver; Copper

Techniques

Gilded; Enamelled

Subjects depicted

Architecture; Ships; Sea

Categories

Drinking; Metalwork

Collection code

MET

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