IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 146272 accession number: M.1 & A-1990 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 20 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lapis lazuli with chased silver-gilt mounts. The shaped oval base mount is cast and chased with strapwork and foliage around the domed gadrooned lapis foot. The baluster lapis knop in the stem is mounted above and below with bands of marlets, rosettes, and guilloche ornament. The quatrefoil lapis element at the top is a replacement. The oval, fluted lapis bowl has a silver-gilt rim cast and chased with strapwork and foliage. The two handles are formed as snakes and a heron's head gorged with a collar flory, a fish in its beak. The gently domed lapis cover has a silver-gilt border cast and chased with trefoils, and an oval mount with a replacement finial in the form of a vase filled with fruit. Acquired after accession two wax models for the vase and fruit forming the replacement finial for the cover (B and C) and two rubber moulds for the casting of the finial (D and E). object type: Lapis lazuli with chased silver-gilt mounts title: cup and cover NOTES ----- type: history note value: William Beckford; 10th Duke and later Dukes of Hamilton until 1882; sold Christie's, 17 June-20 July 1882, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T., 16th day, 19 July, p. 221, lot 2028; the Hon. W. Massey-Mainwaring £787.10s.' probably Christopher Beckett Denison, London; sold Christie, Manson & Woods, 6 June 1885 and further days, First Portion, Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects of Christopher Beckett Denison, Esq., Deceased, late of Upper Grosvenor Street, 6th day, 12 June, p. 75, lot 775; sold for £735. Anonymous Australian Collection; sold Christie's, 6 December 1989, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu, p. 89, lot 208; Brand Inglis, 9 Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street, London, SW1. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased from Brand Inglis, who bought it for the Fitzwilliam Museum, using the Rylands, Gow, Leverton Harris and Marlay Funds, and with grants from the MGC Regional Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/146272 PEOPLE ------------------- Beckford, William Beckett Denison, Christopher SUBJECTS ------------------- Bath heron martlet fish heron martlet fish CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1826 - 1827 creation date earliest: 1826 creation date latest: 1827 culture: 1820s culture: George IV CREATORS -------- maker: Harris, John, VI EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Principal Acquisitions of the Past Seven Years title: Foundations for the Future title: Fifteen Years of the National Art Collections Fund title: William Beckford and his Buildings title: William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects of Christopher Beckett Denison, Esq., Deceased, late of Upper Grosvenor Street, First Portion Important Silver and Objects of Vertu William Beckford's Silver I William Beckford's Silver II- Appendix G- The Lansdown Inventory of 1844 The Art Quarterly of the National Art Collections Fund William Beckford's Lapis-Lazuli Cup Recent Acquisitions at the Fitzwilliam A century of sales Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History Beckford and Hamilton Silver from Brodick Castle Important Silver William Beckford (1760-1844) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/162/large_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_mas.jpg height: 1341 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/162/mid_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_mas.jpg height: 655 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.1 & A-1990_1_201312_adn21_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/162/preview_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_mas.jpg height: 327 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/162/M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_mas.ptif height: 5645 pixels width: 4311 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/836/large_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_dc1.jpg height: 1341 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/836/mid_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_dc1.jpg height: 655 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/836/M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_dc1.jpg height: 3543 pixels width: 2706 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/836/preview_M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_dc1.jpg height: 327 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/626/836/M_1___A_1990_1_201312_adn21_dc1.ptif height: 3543 pixels width: 2706 pixels