- Museum number
- 2009,8023.1
- Title
- Object: The Vale of York Cup
- Description
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Silver-gilt and nielloed cup/(?)pyx/(?)ciborium of globular form with a plain, flat base, a short, slightly concave neck, and a thickened, flat rim; the body is chased in very low relief with six cable-bordered roundels, each enclosing a running animal in front of a bush, or tree motif.
- Production date
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9thC (mid)
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927-928 (deposited)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 120 millimetres (max)
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Height: 92 millimetres
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Weight: 370.60 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Publications:
Ager, B., 2020. The Carolingian Cup from the Vale of York Viking Hoard: Origins of is Form and Decorative Features. Antiquaries Journal 100, pp. 86-108
Wamers, E., 2015. locus amoenus. »Becher 19« im Kontext der kontinentalen Kunst des 8. und 9. Jahrhunderts. In: F. Daim, K. Gschwantler, G. Plattner and P. Stadler (eds.), Der Goldschatz von Sânnicolau Mare (ungarisch: Nagyszentmiklós): Veranstaltet vom Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainzin Kooperation mit der Antikensammlung des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Wien 7.-9. Oktober 2010. Mainx: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, pp. 71-120
Wamers, E., 2011. The Halton Moor Cup and the Carolingian metalwork in the Cuerdale Hoard. In: Graham-Campbell, J. (ed.), The Cuerdale Hoard and Related Viking-Age Silver and Gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum. British Museum Research Publication. London: British Museum Press, pp. 133-9
Williams, G. and Ager, B., 2010. The Vale of York Hoard. London: British Museum Press
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017 19 May-5 Nov, York, Yorkshire Museum, Viking: Rediscover the Legend in Yorkshire Museum until May 2017.
2015-2017 17 Jun- 31 May, York Museum, Vale of York Hoard, LT Loan
2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings
2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend
2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking
2010 10 Sep-2011 05 Jan, Harrogate, Mercer Art Gallery, Hester Cox: A printmaker's response to the Vale of York Hoard
2010 01 Aug-01 Aug 2011, York, Yorkshire Museum
2010 12 Feb-27 Jun, London, British Museum, Room 2, Treasures from Medieval York, England’s Other Capital
2009 09 Nov-12 Feb 2010, London, British Museum
2009 14 Sep-2 Nov, York, Yorkshire Museum
- Acquisition date
- 2009
- Acquisition notes
- Jointly acquired with the York Museums Trust. Metal detector find.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2009,8023.1
- Additional IDs
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Treasure/PAS number: 2007T2 (Treasure number)
