IDENTIFIERS
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id:	119270
accession number:	M.4-1988

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 20 March 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver and ostrich egg; the egg cut to form a deep cup.  Its rim is mounted with a deep band of silver, which is plain in the interior, while the outside  is engraved with a Greek key pattern.  At the base of the egg is a calyx of a sun in splendour with deeply ribbed rays.  This and the foot are attached to the base of the cup with a nut and bolt covered by a large silver boss, which is visible inside the cup.  The circular foot splays out from the calyx and stands on a reeded rim.  The foot is engraved with the crest of a lion rampart holding a Maltese cross.
object type: silver and ostrich egg; the egg with silver rim mount and silver trumpet-shaped circular foot
title:	ostrich egg cup

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the Rylands Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119270





CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1805 - 1806
creation date earliest:	1805
creation date latest:	1806
culture:	19th Century, Early#
culture:	George III

CREATORS
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maker: Phipps, Thomas
maker: Robinson, Edward II


EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Foundations for the Future
CITATIONS
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The British Antique Dealers' Association handbook
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