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Wassail cup and cover of lignum vitae, carved and engine-turned. The cup supported by a fluted baluster stem and circular spreading foot. The interior and underside of the foot are varnished, while the exterior has traces of varnish. Bucket bowl and slightly domed cover with an acorn finial. The foot and cover are decorated with radiating engine turned arcs, ellipses and wavy lines. The lower part of the bowl is gadrooned and encircled by a scalloped moulding. Two thirds of the way up, above it, is plain moulding.
History note: Purchased from Owen Evans-Thomas 23 September 1930; Captain S. W. Sykes.
Bequeathed by Miss Sophia Geraldine Fry.
Height: 24 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed by Fry, Sophia Geraldine, Miss
17th Century, Late
Circa
1660
-
Circa
1700
Foot
Depth 11.2 cm
Cover
Depth 12.8 cm
Stem
Moulding
Varnishing
Engine turning
Accession number: M.2 & A-1979
Primary reference Number: 77238
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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