Coconut standing cup with a female warrior finial

An image of Standing cup and cover. Unknown silversmith. The slightly domed circular base with three applied medallions of Classical heads between engravings of scrolling foliage and birds - including an owl. Between the base and the stem is a gadrooned knop topped with silver stylised leaves and scrolls. The stem is formed as a trunk of a tree with a branch spiralling round it. Above it is another ring of silver stylised leaves and scrolls and a calyx engraved with scrolls. Three straps contain the coconut. They are cast with a Classical figure standing in niche above and below a central medallion of the head of a bearded man surrounded by a laurel wreath. Around the top of the coconut is an border engraved with birds amid scrolling foliage, the edge pierced crockets. The deep rim mount is plain inside, whilst the exterior is engraved with a hunting scene showing two men on horseback with hounds chasing a stag and deer. The centre of the cover is of coconut shell with a silver-gilt border and central cast finial of a Classical female warrior. Coconut cup, silver-gilt mounts, gold surface of mounts, height, overall, 32.8 cm, width, overall, 10.5 cm, possibly 1560-1600. Probably German.

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Standing cup and cover. Unknown silversmith. The slightly domed circular base with three applied medallions of Classical heads between engravings of scrolling foliage and birds - including an owl. Between the base and the stem is a gadrooned knop topped with silver stylised leaves and scrolls. The stem is formed as a trunk of a tree with a branch spiralling round it. Above it is another ring of silver stylised leaves and scrolls and a calyx engraved with scrolls. Three straps contain the coconut. They are cast with a Classical figure standing in niche above and below a central medallion of the head of a bearded man surrounded by a laurel wreath. Around the top of the coconut is an border engraved with birds amid scrolling foliage, the edge pierced crockets. The deep rim mount is plain inside, whilst the exterior is engraved with a hunting scene showing two men on horseback with hounds chasing a stag and deer. The centre of the cover is of coconut shell with a silver-gilt border and central cast finial of a Classical female warrior. Coconut cup, silver-gilt mounts, gold surface of mounts, height, overall, 32.8 cm, width, overall, 10.5 cm, possibly 1560-1600. Probably German.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.56-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 467 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 95.03kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1

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16th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA German Mannerism Mannerist Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Silver Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd birds branches cast classical coconut shell coconuts covered cup cup engraved engraving female figure finial foliage foliate gadrooned gadroons knop laurel wreath laurels medallions niche palms silver-gilt standing cup tree trunks trees warriors

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