Silversmith: Unknown
Silver: sloping cylindrical bowl on hexagonal stem with large knop, and spreading octafoil foot.
Silver; the bowl has sloping cylindrical sides with applied ornate gadroons to the lower third. The hexagonal stem has gadrooned borders and, in the centre, a large hexagonal lobed knop. It stands on a chased trumpet shaped foot surrounded by an embossed ring of husks on an octofoil base embossed with stylised flowers. The interior of the chalice is gild
History note: Unknown before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 545 g
Weight: 17 : 11 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
No marks, but probably Spanish, or possibly Dutch
Surface
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 17.2 cm
Diameter 6¾ in
To Rim
Height 22.6 cm
Height 8⅞ in
Border
Bowl
Decoration
Interior
Accession number: MAR.M-77
Primary reference Number: 159919
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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