Object Details
- Gilbert Leigh Marks, English, 1861 - 1905
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Tall cup (a) and cover (b). Trumpet-shaped circular foot embossed with ogee pattern at edge; above, a strip of embossed upright scallops and six upright tulips. Waisted stem with large double-cushion knop. Ovoid body chased with symmetrical vines within ogee arches. Center of both sides with large blossoms centered with bezel-set opal. Reeded scroll handles attached at lip and terminating at lower juncture with leaves. Cover (b) slightly domed, embossed with reverse ogee curves and blossoms pointing downward. At center, an ovoid finial with upright ogee curves and flowers. Interior of cup and cover gilded.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
- 1900
- Accession Number
- 1987-9-1-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- standing cup
- Type
- standing cup
- Medium
- silver, gold, opal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a, b): 41 × 17.5 × 11 cm (16 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
- H x W x D (cup a): 33.7 × 17.5 × 11 cm (13 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
- H x diam. (cover b): 9 × 11 cm (3 9/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
- made in
- London, England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1987-9-1-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d18a38d5-06f3-4ee7-b117-60e1f2112878
