Silver stirrup cup, probably Middle Eastern

An image of Stirrup cup/cover. Unknown silversmith, possibly Middle Eastern. The ogee-shaped cone has a broad border of spiral fluting between two narrow bead edge borders, and a hexagonal finial. Silver, height, overall, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 10.1 cm, approximate, weight, whole, 180 g.

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Stirrup cup/cover. Unknown silversmith, possibly Middle Eastern. The ogee-shaped cone has a broad border of spiral fluting between two narrow bead edge borders, and a hexagonal finial. Silver, height, overall, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 10.1 cm, approximate, weight, whole, 180 g.

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Accession Number: M.67-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 897 pixels
Image width: 670 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 480.90kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2008:11:05 11:02:08

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cone conical cover covered cup cup finial Fitz_AA fluted fluting hexagonal lidded Middle Eastern ogee Silver silverware spirals stirrup cup

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