15929969410001312637261000Standard Recordobject-118296170206231904516895796910001702062268831fitz-onlineadlib-object-118296https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118296cee870fb-6dcd-3c50-af37-273023479d7c7Montagu, Samuel, (1842-1911) was a merchant banker, philanthopist and Liberal politician, who was created a baronet in 1894, and first baron Swaythling in 1907.referenceagent-170964adlib-agent-170964f0cd812e-e91b-3512-b151-9b745f2f34b1Montagu, Samuel, first Lord Swaythlingpersonreferenceagent-150829adlib-agent-15082912e8b411-c52f-3a3a-99ed-a862ffafad8eTritonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverreferenceterm-115872adlib-term-1158726da1c0ff-a799-3023-9ff4-fe88fbdd54e2Leonard D. Cunliffereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldWhole SurfaceDecorationreferenceterm-26881adlib-term-2688188d2ea1e-d238-34e8-8bde-82e4187f5ad4embossingreferenceterm-29409adlib-term-29409f1f4145c-3fc8-365a-9df5-c7f7131d3bc2engravingreferenceterm-29641adlib-term-296412cca4338-6a77-3f63-9174-0a137a118930chasingWhole Wurfacemercury gildingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingApplied ArtsSilver-gilt, embossed, chased, and engraved. Circular with a narrow rim, curved well and domed boss. Decorated overall with with mythological and natural aquatic figures and animals, and strapwork against a wavy background. The boss is inset with a later circular plaque engraved with the arms of Fuller.17referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)123referenceexhibition-18adlib-exhibition-18d710f826-fb52-350a-bae1-4630a842e7cbTreasures of CambridgeEB2referenceexhibition-1438adlib-exhibition-1438a4b3c03f-8a6c-3130-a9c9-e5f9155b2c11Cambridge Plateno. 545referenceexhibition-1863adlib-exhibition-1863a8dd181e-cd73-3fd0-9a14-c38a5d8a0d57L'Ecole de Fontainbleau53referenceexhibition-1865adlib-exhibition-1865eb3ba2e1-6451-3728-a62c-42396ea14d6cL'Orfèvrerie Parisienne de la Renaissance, Trésors dispersésM/P.9-19381accession numberM/P.9-1938118296priref118296urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118296https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118296on undersidestruckmaker's markon undersidestruckH crownedwarden's markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937referenceagent-149807adlib-agent-149807e699d770-0f16-32bf-b0b1-da62f9118c29Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham193819031938-03bequeathed155915591559155915601156015601560silversmithreferenceagent-159102adlib-agent-159102eb63d021-f963-35f4-aae7-31c18b9036afUnidentifiedprintmakerreferenceagent-3041adlib-agent-30419d5070a6-9a8e-3461-a9e5-86a413a989d1Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, the elderLabel text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: This large silver basin is a masterpiece of the silversmith’s art using many different techniques. It has been embossed, chased, and engraved with marine imagery taken from two famous engravings by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau the Elder (c.1512– 86). One can imagine well-to-do diners dipping their fingers into the sweet-smelling rosewater, and taking a moment to feel the raised work and to look down at the mythical sea-creatures cavorting in the real and fictively rendered water.The basin would originally have been silver; the gilding was added at a later date, possibly when the Fuller family replaced the original boss with their armorials.The coat-of-arms of the Fuller family of Hyde House and Germans, Buckinghamshire was probably added in the early 19th century. Lapits round the edge of the boss suggest the original would have been enamelled. The arms also appear on an English silver-gilt ewer of 1583, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.250-1924), with which the basin was paired when it belonged to Sir Samuel Montagu (1842-1911).This splendid basin is one of very few extant examples of sixteenth-century Parisian goldsmith's work in the Mannerist style. The marine subjects were derived from two designs for tazze (drinking cups) by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (c.1510-1585): 'The Triumph of Neptune' and 'The Battle between Marine Centaurs'.referenceterm-10618adlib-term-106189ebc0ae1-8cf8-312b-832c-9cf44da02136Renaissancereferenceterm-110475adlib-term-110475223ae6a7-2f91-3314-ae3c-da3233ae47dc16th Century, Midreferenceterm-129470adlib-term-1294708353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21literalFranceFrancecountryParisreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametercm45.5referenceterm-89303adlib-term-893037012fd66-769f-33c8-bb38-d805db27c8c9basinhistory noteSir Samuel Montague, first Baron Swaythling; sold Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 6-7 May 1924, Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Silversmith's Work formed by the Right Hon. Montagu, First Lord Swaythling being a part of The Swaythling Heirlooms, on the second day of sale, p. 38, part of lot 113.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 38, second part of lot 113, illustrated opposite38referencepublication-5052adlib-publication-5052dbff6798-718a-3143-8c03-bafe0040b94cCatalogue of the Renowned Collection of Silversmith's Work formed by the Right Hon. Montagu, First Lord Swaythling being a part of the Swaythling Heirloomsreferencepublication-4596adlib-publication-4596feb894f5-8b8c-3bbd-88bd-1be5b00b7f95Treasures of Cambridge. Catalogue of the Exhibits.Publ. p. 32, no. EB2, illustrated32referencepublication-5053adlib-publication-5053c577f5b9-b65f-33ee-8963-81e998d21699Cambridge PlatePubl. p. 375, pl. 376, where the arms are said to be Featherstonhaugh, added in the early 19th century. Cf. pl. 588, a basin attributed to Antwerp in the British Museum.375referencepublication-3012adlib-publication-3012ac701377-2473-3646-891c-852dfdc681f5Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the Triumph of Mannerism 1540-1620Publ., p. 44, no. 4244referencepublication-382adlib-publication-382ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6Treasures of the Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 90, fig. 77, p. 92, fig. 79, discussed p. 91 in connection with 'The Rape of Helen ewer and the Judgement of Paris basin', pp. 79-95, nos 9 and 10.90referencepublication-5054adlib-publication-50543699a8e9-c9aa-3c30-ae32-bec095cc6c96Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum, II, The Silver PlatePubl. pp. 44-45, no. 4644-45referencepublication-1119adlib-publication-11198b3701d3-a6b9-3cdf-8f20-d50dda99c46cTreasures from the Fitzwilliam: ''The Increase of Learning and other great Objects of that Noble Foundation''Publ. p. 38, pl. 238referencepublication-200001889adlib-publication-200001889161da3ed-1712-371c-a643-8f90ecf7cb51Le Fitzwilliam Museum. Une Étude de goûtPubl. pp. 85-6, no. 53. For Androuet Du Cerceau's 'Modèle de fond de coupe avec divinités marines', see p. 86, no. 54.85-6referencepublication-5055adlib-publication-5055441ab8a9-0752-31c4-926f-f7c6cd6fada9L'orfèvrerie parisienne de la Renaissance, Trésors dispersésPubl. text p. 149, ill. p. 151, fig. 5.26, and p. 248, cat. 17149, 151, 248referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800referenceterm-10600adlib-term-1060002211e31-dcc2-3d71-afd8-d51e21c5dc5fMannerismanimalreferenceterm-107236adlib-term-107236e8949b50-d81d-30c9-801e-db6eedbea84bfrogliteralfrogfrogreferenceterm-89303adlib-term-893037012fd66-769f-33c8-bb38-d805db27c8c9basinbasinsilver, raised, embossed, chased, engraved, and gildedreferenceterm-28810adlib-term-28810c6a00cef-33f7-3107-8666-d791bd49707craising (metal forming process)object
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