Beaker
ca. 1620-ca. 1650 (made)
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Drinking vessels, like this trumpet shaped beaker, were the stock-in-trade for Scandinavian goldsmiths in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries and can be seen adorning the sideboards and tables of Scandinavian interiors in contemporary prints, drawings and paintings. The Museum's collection of Danish, Swedish and Norwegian silver consists largely of beakers and tankards, valued by collectors of traditional Scandinavian craftsmanship in Edwardian England.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt, engraved and moulded |
| Brief description | Beakr, partially gilded silver, engraved and moulded, Denmark, maker's mark unknown, ca. 1620-1650 |
| Physical description | Trumpet shaped body with flaring gilt rim, decorated with engraved strapwork and cartouches, the lower body surrounded by a corded band with 3 cherub heads, richly moulded concave foot. |
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| Object history | Purchase - (£10) J.Harris, 6 Rumford Street, Liverpool From Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975: 'Acquired as Norwegian. Boje records this mark as struck on a beaker of the beginning of the seventeenth century in a Danish collection. The goldsmith is unidentified.' |
| Production | Maker’s mark unidentified |
| Summary | Drinking vessels, like this trumpet shaped beaker, were the stock-in-trade for Scandinavian goldsmiths in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries and can be seen adorning the sideboards and tables of Scandinavian interiors in contemporary prints, drawings and paintings. The Museum's collection of Danish, Swedish and Norwegian silver consists largely of beakers and tankards, valued by collectors of traditional Scandinavian craftsmanship in Edwardian England. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975
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| Accession number | CIRC.322-1927 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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