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Collections > Silver > Standing Cup and Cover, late 18th century

Standing Cup and Cover, late 18th century

Standing cup and cover (‘ciborium’), late 18th century
Silver-gilt
Decorated in the neo-classical taste with leaves to the base of stem, and top and bottom of central knob; to the edge of the cover, and around the centre of the cover. The cover is surmounted with a cross
Marks: three struck marks on edge of base of cover and stem; a cockerel in a circle; maker’s mark  of a sun and a crown in a lozenge; a man’s head facing left in a circle
European
Height: 17.5 cm

Place: Europe

Object Type: cap

Century: Late 18th century

Material: Silver-gilt

Museum Accession Number: 2009.1.2/Sil.