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Two-Handled Cup and Cover

Two-Handled Cup and Cover

Thomas Gilpin

Artist
Thomas Gilpin
(active English, 1730 - 1773)
Title
Two-Handled Cup and Cover
Date
1750-1751
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
18 in. H Overall
Credit
Brittingham Foundation Fund purchase
Accession No.
1976.152
Classification
Metalwork
Geography
England

Related

This vessel displays the monogram and crest of Quintin Dick, one of the founders of the Bank of Ireland. Sold at Sotheby Parke-Bernet sale #3937, "Fine English and Continental Silver Objects of Vertu, Antique Jewelry and Watches," December 16-17, 1976 (lot 84). Purchased from Sotheby Parke-Bernet sale #3937 by the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art].

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1976-1977." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1977. cover
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 58
  • Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum Accessions," The Magazine Antiques (July 1978): 68-72. p. 68, illus.

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