Stirrup Cup

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Artist/Maker	William Burwash and Richard Sibley 1 (maker) Sibley, Robert (maker)
Place of origin	London (made)

Silver in the form of a fox's head, the interior gilt, finely chased and engraved.

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Categories	Metalwork Drinking Transport
Object type	Stirrup cup
Materials and techniques	Silver, gilt interior Silver Raising Chasing Engraving (Incising)
Brief description	Silver, parcel-gilt, London hallmarks for 1807-8, mark of W. Burwash and R. Sibley.
Physical description	Silver in the form of a fox's head, the interior gilt, finely chased and engraved.
Dimensions	Diameter: 7.6cm Height: 8.5cm Length: 14.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	Maker’s mark WB over RS for W Burwash & R Sibley, London hallmarks, sterling, leopard, date, duty Crest Crest of Neville Engraved with the crest, a bull's head, for Nevill.
Credit line	Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons Bequest
Object history	Acquisition RF: Croft Lyon Bequest - Croft Lyon
Subject depicted	Fox
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	M.867-1926

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Record created	March 3, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94551/stirrup-cup-sibley-robert/

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