Cup and cover
On display
Silver-gilt cup and cover, with embossing and cresting, on three cast feet of travellers. On the finial St Martin cutting his cloak with a small kneeling figure.
Details
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Title
Cup and cover
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Associated place
Nuremberg (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
c. 1490 -
Material and technique
silver-gilt
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Object type
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Dimensions
35.5 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.
WA2013.1.17
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, ‘The Ashmolean: The Michael Wellby Bequest no. 65, Spring 2013’, (2013), p.5
C. Truman, ‘Oxford's silver gilt bequest: The Art Newspaper’, (2013)
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
