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Beaker: AAL.7B-2009

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Maker: Wright, Edward

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Description

The plain body with everted lip & upon rim & splayed foot. Engraved with a heraldic bird in a basket on a horizontal striped pole. Assayed - Bury St Edmunds (nearer Yarmouth).

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7 cm
Height: 8.25 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Charles II
Production date: circa AD 1660

Materials used in production

Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.7B-2009
Primary reference Number: 184436
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 18 December 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: External
Associated department: Applied Arts

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