IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 159910 accession number: MAR.M.57 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver-gilt and coconut; the slightly domed circular base embossed in the Mannerist style with putti sporting in water with sea monsters. The stem comprises a raised boss below a baluster knop, which is embossed with winged grotesques on a matted ground. The calyx is simply engraved to resemble three leaves. Three cast openwork staps contain the coconut and are secured at the top with a Classical cast head of a man. Around the top of the coconut is a broad band engraved with three circles between vignettes of an eagle, wolf and horsbirds amid foliage. The deep rim mount is plain inside, whilst the exterior is engraved with a band of strapwork. The centre of the cover is of coconut shell with a chased silver-gilt border of the heads of putti between birds and scrols. In the centre is a finial of a Classical warrior. object type: silver-gilt and coconut; rim mount engraved with an eagle, wolf and horse, coconut held by three straps, on a Mannerist stem and foot. title: coconut cup NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/159910 PEOPLE ------------------- warrior putti SUBJECTS ------------------- eagle wolf horse sea monster eagle wolf horse sea monster CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1560 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1560 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 34.9 dimension: Height units: in value: 13¾ dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.3 dimension: Width units: in value: 4½ EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Paston Treasure CITATIONS -------- The Paston Treasure, Microcosm of the Known World Die Gefasse aus Kokosnuss in Mitteleuropa 1250-1800 The Art of the European Silversmith 1430-1830 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/MAR_M_57.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 507 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_MAR_M_57.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/MAR_M_57.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 507 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_MAR_M_57.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/961/large_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/961/mid_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/MAR.M.57 & A-1912_200712_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/961/preview_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/961/MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4368 pixels width: 2912 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/237/large_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 1737 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/237/mid_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 848 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/237/MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 3832 pixels width: 2259 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/628/237/preview_MAR_M_57___A_1912_200712_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 424 pixels width: 250 pixels