chalice
- Museum number
- 1855,1201.9
- Description
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Chalice; silver gilt; octagonal foot and stem; lower edge of foot pierced and ornamented with leaves; ; foot engraved with an abbess or saint holding a church and crozier with surrounding inscriptions; crucifix without figure; seated bishop holding sword; pierced knop: tracery and ornamented with eight vernicles; bowl probably not original.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 180 millimetres
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Height: 230 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2019, 26 Jan-5 May, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Sold! 200 years of Antique Dealing in Britain
1974 29 Apr-30 Jun, Bath, Holburne of Menstrie Museum, A Girdle Round the Earth
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1855,1201.9
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BL.1321 (Bernal Collection)
