IDENTIFIERS
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id:	184623
accession number:	AAL98-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 30 April 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The bell-shaped body encircled with an arabesque foliate band upon spool stem & domical foot.  Geoffrey Gilbert was mentioned as a goldsmith in Ipswich as early as c.1525 & thereafter several times until he died in 1570.  He had sons, one of whom, William, was also a goldsmith, born about 1548.  This cups bears the single G, often associated with Ipswich, & continued by subsequent generations, all working in or around Ipswich.  Hence its later possible attribution.
title:	communion cup

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Bill Gray Silver Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/184623





CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1550 - 1570
creation date earliest:	1550
creation date latest:	1570
culture:	Mary or Elizabeth I

CREATORS
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maker: Massey, Geoffrey

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 7.9

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13