Covered Cup

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Applied Arts of Europe

1757/58

England, London
Richard Gurney and Thomas Cook (English, active 1727-1773)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Richard Gurney
Title: Covered Cup
Place: London (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1757–1758
Medium: Gold
Inscriptions: Mark on cup and cover: lion passant, leopard's head crowned, date letter, Gothic B and maker's mark, T over RG over C Inscribed: "The Gift of the City of Bristol to Captain Lockhart of Ye Tartar, 1758"
Dimensions: 21 × 17.5 × 10.1 cm (8 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Buckingham Fund
Reference Number: 1957.455
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1966. Antiques, Jan. 66, Vol. LXXXIX, no. 1, ill.
1959. Antiques, Jan. 1959, p. 113.
1958. Connoissiur, Sept. 1958, p. 65.
1957. Catalogue: The Thomas Lumley Collection of Old English Silver held by Messrs. James Robinson Inc., New York, Oct. 14-26, 1957, #48.
1951. Grimwade, A.G., “A New List of Old English Gold Plate”, Part I - 17th Century, Connossieur, May 1951, pp. 76-82, ill. 13.
Ian Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), pp. 59, 61, 63 (ill.).

Baltimore Museum of Art, Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effect, April 25 to June 14, 1959.

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