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Cup: M/P.4-1941

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Designer: Spencer, Edward (designer)
Silversmith: Artificer's Guild

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Description

Silver with engraved decoration; sloping cylindrical sides beneath a flared rim; almost flat bottom; standing on a spiral fluted trumpet-shaped foot on circular base

Silver; the sloping cylindrical sides beneath a flared rim finish in an almost flat bottom, which stands on a spiral fluted trumpet-shaped foot on a circular base. The body has an applied reeded girdle between two borders of punched beads. At the base of the bowl is a second applied band engraved with an overlapping ovulo border, which is between two applied rope borders. The top of the foot has six sides, which spiral down and out into a stepped circular base; the top being engraved with a border of three lines above a pair of wavy lines.

Notes

History note: Purchased from the East Gate Gallery, Oxford by by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund, 1939; presented to The Fitzwilliam Museum, 20 November 1941

Legal notes

Given by the Contemporary Art Society, Arts and Crafts Branch

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.9 cm
Weight: 315 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

20th Century, Mid
George V
1935 CE - 1936 CE

School or Style

Arts and Crafts (movement)

Components of the work

Base Diameter 10.2 cm

Materials used in production

Silver

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: leopard's head

  • Text: leopard's head
  • Location: Below rim
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: lion passant

  • Location: Below rim
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: gothic lower case

  • Text: u
  • Location: Below rim
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Hallmark
  • Text: As Gd Ld in a shield-shaped cartouche
  • Location: Below rim
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M/P.4-1941
Primary reference Number: 140630

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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