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Silver and enamel chalice, by Andrea Petruccio Campagnini (detail)

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An image of Silver/Church Plate. Chalice. Petruccio Campagnini, Andrea, probably (active Tuscany, Siena, Italy). Set with six silver medallions of Christ, St Peter, St. Paul, St. John, St. Bartholomew and possibly St. Barnabus. Above the knop the stem is engraved with six male busts without nimbi; below the knop the stem is engraved with six birds. At the base of the stem are moulded borders containing a plain band engraved and enamelled with the inscription 'ANDREA * PETRUCI * DE * SENIS * ME *FECI(T). The low copper-gilt trumpet-shaped foot has a shaped circular spreading base with rim of twelve alternating semicicular and pointed lobes. It is set with six applied silver plaques with translucent enamels on sunk relief, representing the Crucifixion with Instruments of the Passion, on either side of which are the Virgin and St. John; on the opposite side are a bishop with mitre and crozier between a male and female saint. Above are smaller shaped triangular plaques enamelled with the heads of angels; and below are lozenge shaped plaques enamelled with a stylised leaf. The base stands on a foot ring decorated with moulded, beaded and dentil borders. Bowl silver-gilt with silver calyx, foot and stem of copper-gilt, decorated with embossing and chasing, and set with silver plaques with basse taille enamelling, height, overall, 19 cm, diameter, base, 12.8 cm, maximum, diameter, rim, 9.9 cm, circa 1370. Late Medieval. Gothic.

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Silver/Church Plate. Chalice. Petruccio Campagnini, Andrea, probably (active Tuscany, Siena, Italy). Set with six silver medallions of Christ, St Peter, St. Paul, St. John, St. Bartholomew and possibly St. Barnabus. Above the knop the stem is engraved with six male busts without nimbi; below the knop the stem is engraved with six birds. At the base of the stem are moulded borders containing a plain band engraved and enamelled with the inscription 'ANDREA * PETRUCI * DE * SENIS * ME *FECI(T). The low copper-gilt trumpet-shaped foot has a shaped circular spreading base with rim of twelve alternating semicicular and pointed lobes. It is set with six applied silver plaques with translucent enamels on sunk relief, representing the Crucifixion with Instruments of the Passion, on either side of which are the Virgin and St. John; on the opposite side are a bishop with mitre and crozier between a male and female saint. Above are smaller shaped triangular plaques enamelled with the heads of angels; and below are lozenge shaped plaques enamelled with a stylised leaf. The base stands on a foot ring decorated with moulded, beaded and dentil borders. Bowl silver-gilt with silver calyx, foot and stem of copper-gilt, decorated with embossing and chasing, and set with silver plaques with basse taille enamelling, height, overall, 19 cm, diameter, base, 12.8 cm, maximum, diameter, rim, 9.9 cm, circa 1370. Late Medieval. Gothic.

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  • Accession Number: M.24-1904
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 683 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 823.83kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2009:05:06 14:55:22

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14th Century _WF_detail Andrea Petruccio Campagnini bearded beards books calyx Campagnini Catholic ceremonial ceremonies chalice Christianity church plate cup drinking vessel ecclesiastical engraved engraving Fitz_AA gilded gilding gilt Gothic Italian liturgical liturgy male medallions Medieval plaque religion saints Silver silver-gilt silverware stem cup Trecento vessel

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