Not on display

Two-Handled Cup

1711-1712 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two handled cup, silver, chased and repoussé, stamped with leaf ornaments, twisted fluting and gadrooning around the lower half of the bowl, a corded moulding above and oblique gadrooning on the foot. On the front a cartouche with the initial B engraved. Scroll handles.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised, chased, repoussé and engraved.
Brief description
Two handled cup, silver, London hallmarks for 1711-12, mark of Seth Lofthouse.
Physical description
Two handled cup, silver, chased and repoussé, stamped with leaf ornaments, twisted fluting and gadrooning around the lower half of the bowl, a corded moulding above and oblique gadrooning on the foot. On the front a cartouche with the initial B engraved. Scroll handles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Length: 19.75cm
  • Width: 12.2cm
  • Weight: 354.1g
  • Weight: 11.38troy
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1711-12
  • Mark of Seth Lofthouse
  • Engraved iniotial: B. (Unidentified)
Credit line
Given by Alice P. Prowde Ellis
Object history
Gift - Alice P Prowde Ellis
Acquisition RF: 15 / 1577
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
V&A Catalogue, No. 90
Collection
Accession number
M.44-1915

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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