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On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Cup

1872-1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hennell, Robert (III) (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Two handled stem cup, raised with cast applied ornament, vines, three figures on base, badge on each side.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Drinking
Object type
Cup
Materials and techniques
Silver gilt raised with cast applied ornament, figures screwed to base
Silver
Gold
Raising
Casting
Mercury-Gilding
Brief description
Cup, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1872-73, mark of Robert Hennell III
Physical description
Two handled stem cup, raised with cast applied ornament, vines, three figures on base, badge on each side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.8cm
  • Length: 29cm
  • Width: 16.4cm
Style
Rococo Revival
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • base: maker RH for Robert Hennell III, sterling, leopard, date letter gothic R (1872-3), duty, unidentified mark (series of crosses inside octagon) screws: all 6 have sterling marks figures: all have maker, duty, sterling
  • Badge 1: Britannia inscribed, around it is “London and North Western Railway Company”, badge 2: spread eagle with “Vincit omnia veritas”
  • Around base: "Presented to Richard Moon Esquire chairman of the London and North Western Railway Company by the proprietors in recognition of his valuable services for the last 21 years during which he has at much personal sacrifice devoted himself to their interests and as an acknowlegement that to his eminent ability, untiring industry and singleness of purpose they are largely indebted to the sound and prosperous condition of their property 22nd February 1872" rim of base: “Hunt and Roskell Late Storr and Mortimer 6194.”
Object history
Bought for £200. Received from H.R.Jessop Ltd
Registry says: Cup is of the heavy ornamental eclecticism of the Victorian period, stylistically mixed but reminiscent of the work of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (particularly in the use of cast figures and ther rusticated stem) and of the work of Froment Meurice (especially the handles)
As manufacturing silversmiths to the trade, Robert Hennell’s clients are known to have included Hunt & Roskell.
Bibliographic reference
Philippa Glanville and Sophie Lee, eds., The Art of Drinking, V&A Publications, London, 2007, p. 49
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.109-1966

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94543/cup-hennell-robert-iii/
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