Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Steeple cup
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Temple Newsam House
Date: 1607
Materials: silver gilt
Dimensions: height: 35.6cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,423 (Total: £26,923; tax remission)
Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Review number: 5560 (2005)
Provenance:
Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
Description:
Steeple cups are a uniquely English type of object, found only during the Elizabethan and early Stuart period. The maker of this cup is known only by his mark of the conjoined initials CB.
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