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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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