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Coconut Cup

1799-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coconut cup with silver mounts, curved with geometrical designs, plain silver lip, lining and trumpet shaped foot with reeded border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Coconut with silver mounts
Brief description
Silver mounts, London hallmarks for 1799-1800, mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson
Physical description
Coconut cup with silver mounts, curved with geometrical designs, plain silver lip, lining and trumpet shaped foot with reeded border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16cm
  • Diameter: 9.75cm
  • Weight: 282.8g
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1799-1800
  • Mark of Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson
  • Engraved with the crest and motto of Mitchell, co. Monmouth
Credit line
Bequeathed by R. J. Dyson, Esq.
Object history
Bequest - R J Dyson, Esq.
Acquisition RF: 43 / 1020
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.27-1943

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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