Art Funded
Fauconberg porringer
Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Artist not known
Museum of London
1652-1653
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.
- Medium: silver gilt
- Dimensions: 22 x 19.2cm, weight: 1kg
- Art Fund Grant: £25000 ( Total: £100,000; Tax Remission)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Provenance
Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount Fauconberg (1627-1700); Paul Butler by 1862; Sir Ernest Cassel; then by descent.
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