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Silversmith: Unidentified
Silver-gilt with embossed and chased decoration, and finial in the form of a warrior
Silver-gilt; the cylindrical body on a domed foot standing on three figures of horsemen, the upper body mirroring the foot, with shallow depression for the salt; the domed cover (A) with spool-shaped finial surmounted by the figure of a warrior. The whole is embossed and chased with an ornate pattern of strapwork containing masks, fruit and flowers . Round the rims are borders of cast egg and tongue decoration and bands of dental engraving. The wooden box (B) has two brass handles, and two half lids hinged with catches, and red velvet lining, and a key (C)
History note: Not known before Leonard Daneham Cunliffe
Leonard D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937
Weight: 522 g
Weight: 16:15 oz:dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
16th Century, Late
Elizabeth I
1583
-
1584
The maker's mark of a thistle or seedhead has not been identified.
Surface
composed of
gilt
To Top Of Finial
Height 29.1 cm
Height 11½ in
Base
Width 11.6 cm
Width 4¾ in
Feet
Finial
Embossing
: The domed foot, convex rim, shallow dish for the salt, cover and the three parts for the knop were all raised. They, together with the cylindrical body, were embossed, chased and engraved, and soldered together with the decorative borders. The three feet and finial were cast and soldered to the body and cover.
Chasing
Inscription present: leopard's head crowned
Inscription present: lion passant
Accession number: M/P.3 & A & B & C-1938
Primary reference Number: 139859
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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