Art Funded
Steeple cup
Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Artist not known
Temple Newsam House
1607
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.
- Medium: silver gilt
- Dimensions: height: 35.6cm
- Art Fund Grant: £8423 ( Total: £26,923; Tax Remission)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Provenance
Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
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