Art Funded
Cassel Beaker
Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Medieval
V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)
1496-1497
A straight sided drinking vessel with a slightly flared body. There are ten vertical ribs soldered to the sides and the letters 'TW' separated by a stylised floral motif, have been pricked onto the beaker, just below the rim. It is the earliest known English silver beaker; the few pieces of medieval silver to have survived are mostly chalices or spoons.
- Medium: silver gilt
- Dimensions: height: 8.9cm
- Art Fund Grant: £59622 ( Total: £298,591; Tax Remission)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Anonymous (through Sotheby's)
Provenance
Whately family; Sir Ernest Cassel, 1902; then by descent.
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