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Steeple cup

(English, free 1603, died 1632)
1619–20
Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt
DimensionsH. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); Diameter 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Weight 776.8 gm (25 oz)
Credit LineGift of Richard C. Paine
Accession number46.1126a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
InscriptionsEngraved on underside of foot, Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Dow(r) of Buccleuch & Queensberry 1817
ProvenanceElizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (m. 1767, d. 1827). Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. May 26, 1905, Christie's, Manson & Woods, London, lot 63, sold. Sydney Loder, Esq. April 10, 1930, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 127, sold to Crichton Brothers, London. By 1946, Richard Cushing Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1946, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 10, 1946)
Cordial pot
FS over S
about 1690
Anonymous, American, (monogram L. H. M.)
1800–1900
Creamer
F. W. Parris
about 1950
Basket-form double salt
Antoine-Sebastien Durand
1762–63
Chalice and paten
Denis Patu
1682–83
Mazer
Unmarked
about 1500–25, with later alterations
Basin
Unidentified Maker
1599–1600
Tankard
Jacob Bodendeich
about 1665