Cup
1802 (made)
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Bowl, inside gilt, with everted rim and engraved wrigglework, lower part engraved with neo-classical wreaths and swags, on octagonal stem with openwork filigree knop, on domed foot with leaf pattern and beaded rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Cup, partially gilded silver, Norway (Bergen), mark of Johan Salomon Hind, 1802 |
| Physical description | Bowl, inside gilt, with everted rim and engraved wrigglework, lower part engraved with neo-classical wreaths and swags, on octagonal stem with openwork filigree knop, on domed foot with leaf pattern and beaded rim. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inside the foot: maker's mark for Johan Salomon Hind (working 1792-1817), town mark for Bergen, warden's mark P for Matthias Pettersen (warden 1790-1812), year mark for 1802, month mark for 20 April - 22 May? |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | JG Joicey Bequest From Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975, p111: 'The stem is so crudely made and joined to the bowl and foot that conmsiderable doubt must be felt as to whether it is original.' |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.311-1919 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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