Sujet

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Chalice, cups, ewer, pyx, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A silver-gilt chalice, the work of Master Bartholomew, of Atri...supposed to have...[belonged] to Pope Boniface VIII...around the stem is...[an] inscription in niello: "Antonius Sabini - Notaris - Fecit - Me..." Italian, 14th century. The Very Rev. Dr. Rock. Bronze ewer, adorned in relief...Italian work, circa 1500-20. The Duke of Buccleuch. Large silver-gilt standing-cup...First half of the 17th century. Two hall-marks, N (Nuremberg) and M. H. The Queen, Windsor Castle. Silver-gilt owl-cup, with enamelled or glass eyes...18th century. W. Stirling, Esq. Large hexagonal spire-shaped tabernacle or pyx, in silver, parcel-gilt, richly decorated with...statuettes of the Apostles, and the Crucifixion...The upper portion (in part Flemish, circa 1490), and the stem and foot of Italian 15th-century work...shield bearing the arms of the Medici family. H. Magniac, Esq. A grace-cup...On the cover are the arms of the city and the company, and surmounted by a maiden...the word "Desyer" on its side. Round the cover and cup are...letters of silver: "To ellect the master of the Mercerie hither am I sent; And by Sir Thomas Legh for the same intent". The hall-mark answers to the year 1499-1500. Mercers' Company'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_241

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

16,6Mo (910,7Ko) / 32,7cm x 12,7cm / 3868 x 1499 (300dpi)

Mots clés

religious arts religion metal art cup cups British museum church color silver medieval Christianity antique antiques collection century Britain ecclesiastical jug newspapers press print artefacts artefact concept goblet artifacts artifact B&W chalice engraved engraving Drinking vessel Colour 19th century enamel black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages white and black Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century 15th century The Print Collector enamelling ewer fifteenth century Illustrated London News Museum of Ornamental Art pyx South Kensington Museum ILN newspaper Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A enamelled bassetaille V&A Museum 19th-century