Sujet

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Cups, tankard, casket, salt, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt standing-cup; silver cup; silver-gilt beaker; crystal tankard, "The Poison-Cup"; casket; silver-gilt salt. Tankard...called "The Poison-Cup." The drum is made of glass inclosed in silver filigree...Its cover is set with a conical crystal...It is called "The Poison Cup" in allusion to the superstition that if poison were poured into it the glass would break and the crystal on the lid become discoloured...English work, latter part of the 16th century. Clare College. Silver-gilt salt, with pyramidal cover...An inscription round the base...[has a] quotation from the 103rd Psalm...a play on the donor's name. English, latter part of the 15th century; presented (1493) to the college by Walter Hill. New College. Tankard, mounted in silver-gilt, the drum richly carved with a mythological subject, the Marriage of Jupiter and Juno, &c.: on the cover, which is in ivory, a beautiful frieze of amorini, &c. An exquisitely-finished Flemish tankard, circa 1650. Robert Napier, Esq.'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_242

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

14,4Mo (1,1Mo) / 32,8cm x 11,0cm / 3875 x 1296 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts metal art box cup cups British museum color crystal decoration decorative silver antique antiques boxes collection century Britain newspapers press print artefacts artefact decorated artifacts artifact B&W tankard engraved engraving Drinking vessel Colour Salt Cellar casket 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum ILN newspaper Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A V&A Museum 19th-century