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Cup with cover

R W (British)

Date:: 1590–91
Culture:: British, London
Medium:: Mother of pearl, silver gilt
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 7 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 in., 11 oz. 7 dwt. (19.7 x 9.8 x 9.8 cm, 0.354kg)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
Accession Number:: 68.141.120a, b

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [1] RW, pellet below, in a shaped shield [2] Leopard's head crowned (London assay affice mark) [3] Lion passant (London assay office mark) [4] N in pointed shield (date letter for 1590-91) Location of marks: [1]-[4] on foot rim, on upper collar of cup, on cover near pedestal for finial
Provenance

F.J. C. Holdsworth ; George A. Lockett (until 1960; sale, Old English Silver of the Tudor, Stuart Periods, Sotheby's, London, March 24, 1960, no. 46; sold to S.J. Phillips); [ S. J. Phillips (in 1960; to Irwin Untermyer, July 18, 1960) ] ; Irwin Untermyer (1960–68; to MMA)
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