Cup and cover
On display
Cup and cover, silver-gilt, the cover has eight lobes around a finial with a musketeer. The cup is octagonal, alternate sides pricked with scrollwork and birds. The lower part of the cup is circular with overlapping scales, and is set on three brackets.
Details
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Title
Cup and cover
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Artist/maker
Adam Segar (1597 - 1620) (goldsmith) -
Associated place
Regensburg (place of creation) -
Date
c. 1610 -
Material and technique
silver-gilt
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Object type
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Dimensions
22 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.
WA2013.1.174
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
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