Harvard Art Museums > 1966.51.1.A-B: Communion Cup and Cover Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Communion Cup and Cover (Unidentified Artist) , 1966.51.1.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190430. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.51.1.A-B People Unidentified Artist Title Communion Cup and Cover Other Titles Alternate Title: Communion Cup with Paten Cover Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1576-1577 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190430 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 19 x 7.9 cm (7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) 204.4 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: struck on bowl and top of cover: lion passant hallmark: struck on bowl and top of cover: leopard's head hallmark: struck on bowl and top of cover: t [date letter] maker's mark: struck on bowl and top of cover: M [in shield] [Jackson, p. 92, line 11] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot Accession Year 1966 Object Number 1966.51.1.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The cup with straight-sided tapering bowl on domed spreading circular foot applied with reeded bands, rising to a knopped stem, engraved with a horizontal band of arabesques within strapwork with foliate sprays at intervals; the domed cover with applied reeded rim, engraved with a band of arabesques, with a flat spool-form foot engraved 1576. Publication History Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 26-27, cat. no. 2, repr. in b/w on p. 27. Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
