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Beaker: AAL.2A-2009

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beaker

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Horn beaker with silver rim and foot decorated with trefoils; with mounted silver cast portrait of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria on side. An early example of a ''Coronation Mug''. Pair with AAL.2B-2009.

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by Jonathan Gray, from The Bill Gray Collection

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.3 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Weight: 110.417 gm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (2009) by Gray, Jonathan

Dating

Charles I
Production date: circa AD 1625

Materials used in production

Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.2A-2009
Primary reference Number: 184431
Gray serial number: 191 1

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 20 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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