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Chalice: MAR.M-77

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

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Description

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

Notes

History note: Unknown before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Weight: 545 g
Weight: 17 : 11 oz : dwt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Note

No marks, but probably Spanish, or possibly Dutch

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.M-77
Primary reference Number: 159919

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 January 2014

Associated departments & institutions

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

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