Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Fauconberg porringer
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Museum of London
Date: 1652-1653
Materials: silver gilt
Dimensions: 22 x 19.2cm, weight: 1kg
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £100,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Review number: 5583 (2005)
Provenance:
Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg (1627-1700); Paul Butler by 1862; Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
Description:
A twelve sided covered cup with opposing scroll handles and a plain cylindrical foot. The bowl bears the arms of Thomas Belasyse, a chevron between three fleur-de-lis impaling those of his first wife Mildred, daughter of Viscount Castleton. A porringer of the size and quality of the Fauconberg cup could be used for caudle, a hot spicy drink of ale or wine whisked into an emulsion with egg yolks.
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