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Silversmith: uncertain
Silver, parcel-gilt; undecorated silver cylindrical sides standing on three ball feet, the low stepped cover engraved with a cipher beneath a coronet within a border of scrolling foliage and flowers
Silver, parcel-gilt, chased and engraved. The undecorated silver cylindrical sides have a silver-gilt border at the top and an applied moulded rim. The three large silver-gilt ball feet are cast with the crowned head of a woman within a wreath of foliage, and are attached to plaques depicting a young Bacchus within a scrolled border which includes cornucopia and flowers . The cover has one low step; in the centre is engraved a cipher beneath a coronet; the border is engraved with scrolling foliage and flowers. The hollow D-shaped handle has an applied silver-gilt border depicting a young Bacchus beneath two cornucopia. It terminates in two clusters of scrolls, and at the top is a large bud-shaped thumbpiece. The interior is gilt.
History note: Not known before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 1313 g
Weight: 42:4 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
Surface
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 13 cm
Diameter 5⅛ in
To Top Of Finial
Height 20.4 cm
Height 8 in
Body
Decoration
Feet
Handle
Accession number: MAR.M.87-1912
Primary reference Number: 159945
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tankard" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/159945 Accessed: 2024-11-08 13:00:12
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