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Silversmith:
SA
Artist:
Flötner, Peter
(After)
Silver-gilt; tapering sides chased and etched with straps enclosing three cast medallions of Charity, Hope and Temperance; the cover with a figure of Bacchus
Silver-gilt, embossed, chased and etched. The sloping cylindrical sides are embossed and chased with an elaborate pattern of straps containing etched Arabesques and three applied cast relief medallions of Charity, Hope and Temperance. The similarly decorated stepped cover is sumounted by a figure of a young Bacchus and has a thumb-piece in the form of a double tailed mermaid. The spreading circular foot and the rim of the neck are decorated with a border of flattened beads. The D-shaped handle is engraved with a border of Arabesques and has an applied acanthus leaf at the top.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 480 g
Weight: 15 : 9 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
CE
-
1600
CE
The plaques of Charity, Hope, and Temperance are after plaquettes by a follower of Peter Flötner, after rectangular plaques by Flötner.
The young Bacchus finial is almost certainly a replacement. The gilding is later.
Surface
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 11.3 cm
Diameter 4½ in
To Top Of Finial
Height 17 cm
Height 6⅝ in
Inscription present: a pine cone
Accession number: MAR.M.39-1912
Primary reference Number: 119306
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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