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Silver stirrup cup, probably Middle Eastern

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An image of Stirrup cup/cover. Unknown silversmith, possibly Middle Eastern. The ogee-shaped cone has a broad border of spiral fluting between two narrow bead edge borders, and a hexagonal finial. Silver, height, overall, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 10.1 cm, approximate, weight, whole, 180 g.

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Stirrup cup/cover. Unknown silversmith, possibly Middle Eastern. The ogee-shaped cone has a broad border of spiral fluting between two narrow bead edge borders, and a hexagonal finial. Silver, height, overall, 12 cm, diameter, rim, 10.1 cm, approximate, weight, whole, 180 g.

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  • Accession Number: M.67-1961
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 897 pixels
  • Image width: 670 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 480.90kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2008:11:05 11:02:08

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cone conical cover covered cup cup finial Fitz_AA fluted fluting hexagonal lidded Middle Eastern ogee Silver silverware spirals stirrup cup

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rgb(124,124,123), rgb(43,43,39), rgb(215,213,211), rgb(181,178,173), rgb(194,196,195), rgb(84,79,65), rgb(162,166,165), rgb(77,67,59), rgb(187,187,196), rgb(157,155,164), rgb(204,180,168)

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