ciborium(?);
pyx(?)
- Museum number
- 1851,1127.1
- Description
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Ciborium or pyx; brass; hexagonal foot and circular bowl with cover surmounted by cone terminating in crucifix; cover with engraved legend; remainder ornamented with geometric patterns;
- Production date
- 1450-1500
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.50 centimetres (approx)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2010-2011 17 Jul-30 Jan, Colchester Castle Museum, 'The Medieval Mind: Art Treasures from East Anglia'
2003-2004 9 Oct-18 Jan, London, V&A, 'Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547'
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Acquisition notes
- Found in Exning churchyard, Suffolk, in 1845; Museum of the Archaeological Institute, 1845; Albert Way Collection; given by the Way to the British Museum, 1851
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1851,1127.1
