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Standing Cup

1590-1591 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and cover, silver-gilt, the body a deep bowl with a curved side standing ona baluster stem supported by a spreading foot, (enlarged ata slightly later date), the outer rim attached by four rivets with quatrefoil heads; domed cover with a moulded baluster stem.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt, raised and cast
Brief description
Standing cup and cover, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1590-91, mark unidentified
Physical description
Cup and cover, silver-gilt, the body a deep bowl with a curved side standing ona baluster stem supported by a spreading foot, (enlarged ata slightly later date), the outer rim attached by four rivets with quatrefoil heads; domed cover with a moulded baluster stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29cm
  • Diameter: 15.3cm
  • Weight: 720g
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mark: three trefoils slipped in a shaped shield - marks struck on body by rim and on upper surface of the cover.

    Note
    Unidentified

  • Town mark: London

Bibliographic reference
Philippa Glanville, Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England, A Social History and Catalogue of the National Collection 1480-1660, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, cat.no.13, pp.12-13, ill.. ISBN:1-85177-030-5
Collection
Accession number
M.356:1, 2-1927

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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