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Two-handled cup and cover

1657–58
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsH. 12.7 cm (5 in.); W. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); Diameter (of rim) 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); Weight 636.5 gm (20 oz 8 dwt)
Credit LineBequest of Frank Brewer Bemis
Accession number35.1558a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsPounced on side of cup, W over IE
ProvenanceSt. Andrew's Castle, Bury St. Edmunds [see note 1]. William E. Godfrey, New York; 1928, sold by William E. Godfrey to Frank Brewer Bemis; 1935, bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935)




Notes:
[1] This has not been verified.
late 18th century
early 18th century
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century