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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 65, The Whiteley Galleries

Wine Cup

1616-1617 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Bell-shaped wine cup with a cigar stem. Embossed and chased with flowers and acanthus leaves.


Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Wine cup
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt
Silver
Gilded
Brief description
Wine cup, silver-gilt, London, 1616-17
Physical description
Bell-shaped wine cup with a cigar stem. Embossed and chased with flowers and acanthus leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.7cm
  • Diameter: 7.25cm
Marks and inscriptions
Maker's mark of CB in a plain shield. London hallmark for 1616-17.
Bibliographic references
  • Page, Jutta-Annette, and Ignasi Doménech, Beyond Venice: Glass in the Venetian Style, 1500-1750, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2004.
  • Willmott, Hugh. Recent Research on the Gracechurch Street Hoard. Glass Circle News, no. 83, June 2000. pp. 6-7.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.20-1934

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Record createdJune 1, 2004
Record URL
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