Silver Spanish chalice embossed with flowers

An image of Church plate. Chalice. Unknown silversmith, Spain, possibly. The small bowl on a heaxagonal stem with large hexagonal knop over an eight lobed foot embossed with panels of flowers. The bowl has sloping cylindrical sides and sits on a calyx of ornate applied gadroons. The interior and rim are gilt. The sides of the hexagonal stem have gadrooned borders. Half way down the stem is a large hexagonal knop with, above and below, compressed hemispheres of embossed and chased gadroons. The base of the stem is trumpet-shaped and is chased with strapwork on a matted ground. On the foot is a highly embossed band of husks surrounded by eight lobes containing embossed and chased panels of stylised flowers. The foot stands on a vertical rim, stamped with stylised flowers, over a flat foot ring. The foot is attached to the stem by a screw. Silver, parcel-gilt, raised, stamped or cast and soldered, decorated with embossing and chasing. Height, to rim, 22.5 cm, diameter, base, 17 cm, diameter, tim, 9.6 cm, weight, whole, 570 g, 1560-1600.

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Church plate. Chalice. Unknown silversmith, Spain, possibly. The small bowl on a heaxagonal stem with large hexagonal knop over an eight lobed foot embossed with panels of flowers. The bowl has sloping cylindrical sides and sits on a calyx of ornate applied gadroons. The interior and rim are gilt. The sides of the hexagonal stem have gadrooned borders. Half way down the stem is a large hexagonal knop with, above and below, compressed hemispheres of embossed and chased gadroons. The base of the stem is trumpet-shaped and is chased with strapwork on a matted ground. On the foot is a highly embossed band of husks surrounded by eight lobes containing embossed and chased panels of stylised flowers. The foot stands on a vertical rim, stamped with stylised flowers, over a flat foot ring. The foot is attached to the stem by a screw. Silver, parcel-gilt, raised, stamped or cast and soldered, decorated with embossing and chasing. Height, to rim, 22.5 cm, diameter, base, 17 cm, diameter, tim, 9.6 cm, weight, whole, 570 g, 1560-1600.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.77-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1050 pixels
Image width: 703 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 406.58kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:06:25 15:30:30

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16th Century calyx chalice chased church plate ecclesiastical embossed Fitz_AA floral flowers gadrooned gadroons gilded gilding gilt gold hexagonal knop Late Renaissance lobed lobes mark matted parcel-gilt raised Renaissance Silver silverware soldered Spanish stamp stamped stem stemmed strapwork

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