Covered Cup

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Richard Gurney

Title

Covered Cup

Place

London (Object made in)

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

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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