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The Prince Cup

Standing Cup
1650-1651 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Standing cup, silver, plain with baluster stem, tapering bowl, resting on a circular foot. Engraved on the base.

Object details

Categories
Drinking
Metalwork
Silver
Object type
Standing cup
TitleThe Prince Cup (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Silver, raised and engraved.
Silver
Raising
Engraving (Incising)
Brief description
Standing cup, silver, London hallmarks for 1650-51, mark unidentified.
Physical description
Standing cup, silver, plain with baluster stem, tapering bowl, resting on a circular foot. Engraved on the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.5cm
  • Length: 10.1cm
  • Weight: 353g
Marks and inscriptions
  • A bird facing left over a capital D (?) in an oval shield - marks struck on the rim: lion passant inside the foot London hallmarks for 1650-51. (Unidentified maker)
  • Engraved around the foot: 'The guift of Jane prince to hir Sonne mathew prince for an heireloome'.
Subjects depicted
Baluster
Inscriptions
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.44-1925

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104264/the-prince-cup-standing-cup-unknown/
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