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Standing Cup

1604-1605 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Standing cup, silver-gilt, the bowl is encircles by a moulding dividing it into two, the upper half plain and trumpet shaped, the lower ornamented with conventional vine pattern on an applied band; the bottom bulges out and is enriched with guilloche and scale pattern. The baluster stem, chased with cartouche work and guilloche, rises from a circular foot enriched with rayed ornament, acanthus leaves and fruit. Mouldings of ladder pattern encircle the bowl, stem and foot.


Object details

Categories
Containers
Drinking
Metalwork
Silver
Object type
Standing cup
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt, raised, chased on a matted ground.
Silver-Gilt
Raising
Chasing
Matting
Amalgam Gilding
Brief description
Standing cup, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1604-05, mark MW (unidentified).
Physical description
Standing cup, silver-gilt, the bowl is encircles by a moulding dividing it into two, the upper half plain and trumpet shaped, the lower ornamented with conventional vine pattern on an applied band; the bottom bulges out and is enriched with guilloche and scale pattern. The baluster stem, chased with cartouche work and guilloche, rises from a circular foot enriched with rayed ornament, acanthus leaves and fruit. Mouldings of ladder pattern encircle the bowl, stem and foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.2cm
  • Diameter: 11.8cm
  • Weight: 658g
Marks and inscriptions
  • MW monogram within a shaped shield - struck below the rim. (Unidentified)
  • London hallmarks for 1604-05.
Object history
Per S J Phillips, bought at the Dunn-Gardner sale, Lot no.282.
Previously on loan to the Museum 22/12/1871-10/12/1901
Subjects depicted
Moulding
Vine
Guilloche
Scale Pattern
Baluster
Cartouche
Acanthus
Fruit
Bibliographic reference
Philippa Glanville, Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England: a socialhistory and catalogue of the national collection 1480-1660, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990. p.404.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
551-1902

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
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