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Silversmith: Zwickel, Jobst (Probably)
Silver-gilt; the fluted bowl and foot are embossed with ornate gadroons
Silver-gilt; the spreading circular silver-gilt foot is slightly domed, and is embossed with gadroons on a matted ground. The stem has an urn-shaped knop beneath three cast scrolls. The lower third of the bowl decorated with the same ornate gadroons as the foot. The upper area of the bowl is undecorated but is fluted to form a hexafoil rim.
History note: Not known before Charles Brinsley Marlay
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Weight: 177 g
Weight: 5 : 16 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912-06-18) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century, Early#
1615
CE
-
1620
CE
Jobst Zwickel was born in Nüremberg in 1560, became master in 1597, and died in 1624
Surface
composed of
gold
Base
Diameter 6.3 cm
Diameter 2½ in
Rim
Diameter 9.6 cm
Diameter 3½ in
To Riml
Height 12.6 cm
To Rim
Height 5 in
Body
Decoration
Foot
Initials
Inscription present: a pine cone
Inscription present: I (or a torch) with a Z entwined
Accession number: MAR.M.43-1912
Primary reference Number: 160124
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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