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standing cup
1575/1600
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Standing cup and cover; silver-gilt; embossed and chased; bowl with wide mouth, cylindrical body and rounded base; formal border with trophies and masks around lip; body with three oval medallions with Bacchus, Apollo and a muse between vases of flowers; lower part with three medallions with busts with masks and flowers between; baluster stem with masks and shells; base embossed with formal scroll borders with cherubs; cover similar with three Cupids with musical instruments; Agnus Dei with cross and flag in centre.
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Details
- Title: standing cup
- Date Created: 1575/1600
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 31.60cm; Height: 25.50cm (without top finial); Diameter: 10.80mm (base); Diameter: 12.50cm (rim of cover); Diameter: 11.30cm (rim of cup); Weight: 476.00g
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: chased; embossed; gilded; burnished; pierced
- Subject: agnus dei; myth/legend; classical deity
- Registration number: WB.108
- Production place: Made in Strasbourg
- Material: silver
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm. Previous owner/ex-collection von Rothschild, Anselm
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