Art Funded
Standing cup & cover
Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Artist not known
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
1641
This Charles I cup has a sponsor's mark with the initials RM above a cherub's head. The cover has a cast steeple finial and caryatid supports. The stem incorporates a double handled vase. The bowl, flaring foot and cover are decorated with flat chasing.
- Medium: silver gilt
- Dimensions: height: 44.5cm
- Art Fund Grant: £5800 ( Total: £23,629; Tax Remission)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Provenance
Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
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