IDENTIFIERS
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id:	139850
accession number:	M/P.11-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 26 January 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Silver-gilt; the shallow hemispherical bowl sits in a box with six vertical sides divided by rows of cast crockets; five of the sides have applied silver engraved and enamel plaques of saints; the sixth side has a clasp.  The six sided stem has a large central lobed knop, which is set with lozenge shaped silver engraved and enamelled plaques.  The low trumpet-shaped foot has a shaped circular spreading base with rim of twelve alternating semicircular and pointed lobes.  It is engraved with six panels of alternating scrollwork and leaves on a matted ground, and is set with three applied silver plaques engraved and enamelled with two saints and a bishop.  The cover is a six-sided cone surrounded by borders of cast crockets.  Each side is set with a silver engraved and enamelled plaque representing Christ, a bishop or four saints.  The finial is formed as a model of St. George slaying the dragon standing above an openwork ring of cast Gothic arches.
object type: silver-gilt; hexagonal box with six-sided conical cover, set with engraved and enamelled silver plaques of Christ, saints and bishops.
title:	ciborium

NOTES
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type: history note
value: not known before Leonard D. Cunliffe


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
collection:	Leonard D. Cunliffe
creditline: L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139850

PEOPLE
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Christ
saint
bishop




CATEGORIES
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category: silver

DATING
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creation date:	1400 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1400
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	15th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 862

dimension: Weight
units: oz:dwt
value: 27:14



IMAGES

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