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Cup, two-handled and cover
Cup and cover, silver, urn-shaped, standing on a circular domed foot with applied reeded rim, ovoid bowl with two reeded loop handles, the cover bell-shaped and surmounted by an urn-shaped finial; the base of the bowl embossed with radiating leaves, the sides above pierced with hexagons and diamonds and embossed with festoons hanging from paterae and rings, below the rim a band of pierced vertical bars between two moulded bands, the cover embossed with radiating leaves below an applied reeded band.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51402
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 24.7
Height
(cm): 18.1
diam(cm) rim:11.7
diam(cm)
Width
(cm): 21
Height
(in): 9
Height
(cm): 7
diam(in) rim:4 5/8
diam(in)
Width
(in): 8
Weight
(gr): 534.03
Weight
(gr): 359.36
Weight
(gr): 174.66
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
embossed
decoration
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
milled
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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