IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 139873 accession number: MAR.M.62-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silver, parcel-gilt; the rounded V-shaped bowl is gilt inside and at the top of the exterior. It stands on a cyclindrical column with large central lobed knop. Above and below the knop are openwork collars of ropework with applied decoration. The low trumpet-shaped spreading hexagonal foot is embossed with scrolling foliage and stylised leaves on a matted ground. In each of the six corners a circular engraved medallion is applied: a rampant lion with legend MADONA * + MARIA, and going clockwise, a female Saint, a Bishop; a monastic Saint, a monastic Saint with both arms raised, a Bishop The hexagonal sides curve in slightly and stand on a low vertical foot rim, which is pierced with a border of quatrefoils. There are traces of gilding on the exterior of the chalice, suggesting the gilding on the interior and at the rim is a replacement. object type: silver, parcel-gilt; the V-shaped bowl on large lobed knop on hexagonal foot with applied medallions title: chalice NOTES ----- type: history note value: not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay, London LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139873 PEOPLE ------------------- Mary, Mother of Jesus Saints SUBJECTS ------------------- lion lion CATEGORIES ------ category: silver DATING ------ creation date: 1300 - 1400 creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1400 culture: 14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Weight units: g value: 395 dimension: Weight units: oz:dwt value: 12:14