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Cup and cover: MAR.M.48 & A-1912

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Emmerling, Nicolaus

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Description

Silver-gilt; the waisted cup and cover embossed with strapwork panels containing fruit and foliage

Silver-gilt: the stepped spreading circular foot has an embossed and chased border of strapwork containing fruit and foliage. Thel plain column stem has three applied scrolls and, at the base and top, a calyx of cut silver leaves. The bowl is waised and embossed with three wide borders of strapwork fruit and foliage. The slightly domed cover has a flat border of gadroons round the rim; then a raised border of embossed and chased strapwork fruit and foliage round a silver calyx of scrolls. The silver finial is formed as a vase of flowers.

Notes

History note: Not known before testator

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.2 cm
Height: 9⅛ in
Weight: 241 g
Weight: 7 : 15 oz : dwt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early
Production date: circa AD 1600

Note

Nicolaus Emmerling flourished from 1587 to 1606

School or Style

Mannerism

Components of the work

Surface composed of gold
Across Rim Diameter 8.6 cm Diameter 3⅜ in
Base Diameter 8 cm Diameter 3⅛ in
Bowl
Decoration
Scrolls On Stem

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: NE
  • Location: Inside the cover
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark
  • Text: N
  • Location: On the foot
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Town mark

Inscription present: possibly ⅛

  • Location: On the foot
  • Method of creation: Struck

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M.48 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 137663

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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