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Two-handled cup
English
1657–58
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); W. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); D. 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.); Weight 263.6 gm (8 oz 9 dwt)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession Number35.1559
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe cup rests on a low spreading foot. It has slightly flaring sides and a plain everted rim. The surface of the body is chased with a stylized pattern of flowers inside an arcade of pointed arches against a matted ground. In the center panel of the cup is an oval containing pounced initials and a date. On the inside base of the cup is a chased flower within a double dotted hexafoil and a circle. The S-shaped handles are modeled with scrolls. The body of the cup is raised and chased. The formed foot and cast handles are applied.
Marks
On rim, maker's mark IG a mullet below in a heart-shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 127; rev. ed. 1989, p. 123); leopard's head crowned; lion passant; date letter v.
InscriptionsPounced on side of cup, MS/MK/1662
ProvenanceUntil 1924, Eastbrook & Co., Boston; 1924, gift of Eastbrook & Co to Frank Brewer Bemis; 1935, bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935)