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An Elizabethan Silver Flagon

William Cobbold, 1580

Stamped with Cobbold's marks, an orb and a cross, and the Norwich city arms, a castle and a lion. The boss of the cover is engraved with the coat of arms of the Bell family of Suffolk and the initials W P, probably those of a husband and wife.

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Title of artwork, date

An Elizabethan Silver Flagon, 1580

Date supported

1980

Medium and material

Silver

Dimensions

27 cm

Grant

6662

Total cost

26650

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