Covered Cup

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Applied Arts of Europe

1757/58

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

Currently Off View: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Richard Gurney
Title: Covered Cup
Origin: London
Date: 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: H. 20.3 cm (8 in.) Weight: 18 oz. 16 dwts.
Credit Line: Buckingham Fund
Reference Number: 1957.455

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.

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

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