Cup
1567-1568 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Silver, English
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver mounts, agate |
| Brief description | Silver, English |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | FR monogram struck on plate under foot - for Roger Flint. X-ray revealed that the disc bearing LHM inserted at later date - mid 19th C. Bowl is prob. replacement Indian (Cambay) Stem and Foot Antwerp c. 1550-60. |
| Object history | Purchase - £350 From J Whitehead Jackson, History of English Plate, 698, pl. 16; Watts, Old English Plate, 26b; V&A, 1920, No. 16 V&A, 1965, pl. 16; V&A, 1970, pl. 112; Oman, Domestic English Silver, 4th ed., pl. IX, 36 and 59; Haywood, 1976, pl. 651 (foot and stem), 301 This agate cup was bought in 1867 as an Elizabethan masterpiece for the large sum of £ 350. Recent investigation has concluded that it may well have been assembled from parts of different dates shortly before it was purchased by the Museum. The agate bowl is late 18th or early 19th century and the stem is probably late 16th century Antwerp work. The disc which bears the London hallmarks was probably pressed into the base in the 19th century to add authenticity and the whole is held together by a machine-made screw. The cup was shown in the exhibition Fake ? The Art of Deception at the British Museum in 1990. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jackson, History of English Plate, 698, pl. 16. Watts, Old English Plate, 26b; V&A, 1920, No. 16
V&A, 1965, pl. 16; V&A, 1970, pl. 112. Oman, Domestic English Silver, 4th ed., pl. IX, 36 and 59. Haywood, 1976, pl. 651 (foot and stem), 301 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 38-1867 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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