Spanish silver ewer with straps and a grotesque mask

An image of Ewer. Jug. Unknown silversmith, Spain, Madrid. Cylindrical body decorated with straps and a grotesque mask. The body has an applied moulded lip ring and two applied girdles. The body has an all-over pattern of slightly raised straps on a matted parcel-gilt ground. The spout is cast in the form of a grotesque mask. The body stands on an undecorated spreading circular foot. The angular handle teminates in a scroll. Silver, parcel-gilt, the body was raised, the spout cast, and the decoration chased. Height, top of the handle, 14.2 cm, width, spout to handle, 17.8 cm, weight 674 g, circa 1590. Renaissance.

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Ewer. Jug. Unknown silversmith, Spain, Madrid. Cylindrical body decorated with straps and a grotesque mask. The body has an applied moulded lip ring and two applied girdles. The body has an all-over pattern of slightly raised straps on a matted parcel-gilt ground. The spout is cast in the form of a grotesque mask. The body stands on an undecorated spreading circular foot. The angular handle teminates in a scroll. Silver, parcel-gilt, the body was raised, the spout cast, and the decoration chased. Height, top of the handle, 14.2 cm, width, spout to handle, 17.8 cm, weight 674 g, circa 1590. Renaissance.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.79-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1342 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
Filesize: 132.04kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:10:03 11:38:12

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16th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC applied cast chased cylindrical ewer Fitz_AA gilded gilding gilt gold grotesque handle handled jug Late Renaissance mask matted moulded parcel-gilt raised Renaissance scrolls silver silverware Spanish spout spouted straps strapwork vessel

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