Muffineer, silver, standing on a hollow foot with moulded and gadrooned bands round the foot and rising to a moulded band at the junction with the double-curved baluster-shaped body, a moulded band at its shoulder, the tall cylindrical neck with an applied moulded rim, the cover tall and domed with a cast acorn finial, an applied moulded and milled band above the rim; the cover with pierced holes and five panels of engraved diaper pattern.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Silversmith
Place: London, England
Period: 1783-1784
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): 17
diam(cm) foot:5.2
diam(cm)
Height
(in): 6
diam(in) foot:2 1/16
diam(in)
Weight
(gr): 94.03
Techniques
Raised
Forming
Applied Art
Cast
Forming
Applied Art
Pierced
Decoration
Applied Art
Milled
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Soldered
Forming
Applied Art
Engraved
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Silver, sterling standard