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Cup, communion
Communion cup (any paten cover now missing), silver, standing on a shallow domed foot with simple moulded rim, spool-shaped stem with central moulded knop ornamented with hit and miss engraving, a border of stamped dentils, top and bottom; bucket-shaped body, slightly flared lip, engraved around the middle with an inscription and around the rim with moresque foliage within a strapwork frame.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50382
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1575 ca
Acquisition
Purchase
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.6
diam(cm) foot:9.6
diam(cm)
diam(cm) lip:8.7
diam(cm)
Height
(in): 7
diam(in) foot:3 3/4
diam(in)
diam(in) lip:3 7/16
diam(in)
Weight
(gr): 288.19
Weight
(troy): 9
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
seamed
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
Gallery 07B North
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