Cup and cover
On display
The finial formed as a unicorn. The surface mostly matted. Inside the cover an enamelled shield of arms or a cross flory gules. On the side of the rim an assay scrap and five marks. The arms are stated by M. Wellby, apparently correctly, to be those of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.
Details
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Title
Cup and cover
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Artist/maker
Frans Arentsz Born (active 1550 - 1575) (goldsmith) -
Associated place
the Hague (place of creation) -
Date
1574 - 1575 -
Material and technique
silver-gilt, enamel
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Object type
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Dimensions
30 cm (height) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.79
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Further reading
Anna Cecilia Koldeweij, ‘Vind’, (2015), ---, ---, illus. p. 36
Koldeweij, Anna Cecilia, ‘Van kunstkamer tot museumzaal: De nagelaten collectie van Michael Wellby’, (2015)
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
