"THE CROMWELL CUP": A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER LARGE BEAKER AND COVER

Lot 428
09.04.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Vendu
£ 8 820
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 428 | "THE CROMWELL CUP": A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER LARGE BEAKER AND COVER
Valeur estimée
£ 7 000 – 10 000
Tapering cylindrical, on three ball feet, the silver-gilt body applied with silver pierced and chased detachable sleeve chased with three oval vignettes, one depicting classical ruins and two seated figures, one with figures beside a stream, the third with a man in a boat rowing past a cottage, interspersed with panels of acanthus scrolls, the cover with similar detachable acanthus foliage panel and ball finial, on later wood plinth with silver plaque engraved with Latin inscription and with later F. B. Thomas and Company wood case fitted with brass plaque engraved 'The Cromwell Cup', marked underneath body, on cover and on finial calyx
105/8 in. (27 cm.) high
48 oz. 10 dwt. (1,510 gr.)
The Latin inscription reads,
'ANNO SACRO MDCXLVI HENRICU IRETON
URSULA DOMINE WHORWOOD OB HOSPITIUM
MUNERI NISIT SCYPHUN AB ILLO MAGNO
OLIVARIO CROMWELL SOCERO SUO SIBI DATUM',
which translates as 'In the Sacred year 1646 Henry Ireton sent this goblet to Ursula, Lady Whorwood because of her hospitality/friendship from the Great and famous Oliver Cromwell, given to his father-in-law'.
Adresse de l'enchère CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Royaume-Uni
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26.03.2025 – 09.04.2025
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