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Silversmith: Unknown
Silver-gilt; hexagonal box with six-sided conical cover, set with engraved and enamelled silver plaques of Christ, saints and bishops.
Silver-gilt; the shallow hemispherical bowl sits in a box with six vertical sides divided by rows of cast crockets; five of the sides have applied silver engraved and enamel plaques of saints; the sixth side has a clasp. The six sided stem has a large central lobed knop, which is set with lozenge shaped silver engraved and enamelled plaques. The low trumpet-shaped foot has a shaped circular spreading base with rim of twelve alternating semicircular and pointed lobes. It is engraved with six panels of alternating scrollwork and leaves on a matted ground, and is set with three applied silver plaques engraved and enamelled with two saints and a bishop. The cover is a six-sided cone surrounded by borders of cast crockets. Each side is set with a silver engraved and enamelled plaque representing Christ, a bishop or four saints. The finial is formed as a model of St. George slaying the dragon standing above an openwork ring of cast Gothic arches.
History note: Not known before Leonard D. Cunliffe
L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937
Weight: 862 g
Weight: 27:14 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
15th Century#
Circa
1400
CE
-
1500
CE
There are no marker's or town marks
Plaques
composed of
enamel
Surface
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 12.2 cm
Diameter 4¾ in
To Top Of Finial
Height 34.4 cm
Height 13½ in
Borders
Bowl
Decoration
Knop
Accession number: M/P.11-1938
Primary reference Number: 139850
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ciborium" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/139850 Accessed: 2024-12-18 20:23:12
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