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An image of ciborium and cover
silver-gilt: set with enamelled silver bosses, the domed cover with finial of a bishop
Silver-gilt; the stepped circular foot is engraved with four cartouches of scrolls each set with a silver boss enamelled in blue. Between each boss is a pair of moulded ribs. The stem comprises a series of spools and knops, set with two borders of bosses. The top half of the U-shaped cup is undecorated. Beneath an applied girdle the cup is set with four bosses between applied ribs to match the foot. The circular cover stepped with a high central dome which is decorated with bosses and ribs to match the cup. The top is surmounted by the cast figure of a bishop.

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ciborium and cover silver-gilt: set with enamelled silver bosses, the domed cover with finial of a bishop Silver-gilt; the stepped circular foot is engraved with four cartouches of scrolls each set with a silver boss enamelled in blue. Between each boss is a pair of moulded ribs. The stem comprises a series of spools and knops, set with two borders of bosses. The top half of the U-shaped cup is undecorated. Beneath an applied girdle the cup is set with four bosses between applied ribs to match the foot. The circular cover stepped with a high central dome which is decorated with bosses and ribs to match the cup. The top is surmounted by the cast figure of a bishop.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.78 & A-1912
Photograph Copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 507 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 50.85kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:03:31 11:51:43

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Silver Spain

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