© British Museum
The Rusper chalice
Artist: Limoges
Location: British Museum
Date: 1195
Materials: copper enamelled & gilded
Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £416,250; tax remission)
Vendor: Trustees of Barbara Hurst
Review number: 4299 (1996)
Provenance:
Discovered in a tomb, on the site of the Benedictine nunnery of Rusper, Horsham.
Description:
Copper chalice, hammered, champleve, engraved, enamelled and gilded. Decorated with the figure of Christ, angels, saints, and flowers.
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