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Steeple cup
Marked by: F over W in monogram in a shaped shield
Probably by: Walter Furler (English, free 1603, died 1632)
Probably by: Walter Furler (English, free 1603, died 1632)
English (London)
1619–20
Medium/Technique
Silver gilt
Dimensions
H. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); Diameter 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Weight 776.8 gm (25 oz)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number46.1126a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionHigh domed and chased foot with stamped ovolo rim engraved underneath "Elizabeth Montague Duchess Dowr of Buccleuch and Queensberry 1817". Cast section with serrated flange below and above baluster stem, upper inverted and with 3 scrolled brackets.
Marks
On rim, date letter B; lion passant (repeated on underside of foot); leopard's head crowned; maker's mark F over W in monogram in a shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 112; rev. ed. 1989, p. 108; Mitchell 2017, pp. 300-301)
InscriptionsEngraved on underside of foot, Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Dow(r) of Buccleuch & Queensberry 1817
ProvenanceElizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (m. 1767, d. 1827). Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. May 26, 1905, Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, lot 63, sold. Sydney Loder, Esq. April 10, 1930, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 127, sold to Crichton Brothers, London. By 1946, Richard Cushing Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1946, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 10, 1946)