The Rusper chalice

Limoges

British Museum

1195

Copper chalice, hammered, champleve, engraved, enamelled and gilded. Decorated with the figure of Christ, angels, saints, and flowers.

• Medium: copper enamelled & gilded
• Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £40000 ( Total: £416,250; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Trustees of Barbara Hurst

Provenance

Discovered in a tomb, on the site of the Benedictine nunnery of Rusper, Horsham.

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