3-011-622 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A silver-gilt chalice, the work of Master Bartholomew, of Atri...supposed to have...[belonged] to Pope Boniface VIII...around the stem is...[an] inscription in niello: "Antonius Sabini - Notaris - Fecit - Me..." Italian, 14th century. The Very Rev. Dr. Rock. Bronze ewer, adorned in relief...Italian work, circa 1500-20. The Duke of Buccleuch. Large silver-gilt standing-cup...First half of the 17th century. Two hall-marks, N (Nuremberg) and M. H. The Queen, Windsor Castle. Silver-gilt owl-cup, with enamelled or glass eyes...18th century. W. Stirling, Esq. Large hexagonal spire-shaped tabernacle or pyx, in silver, parcel-gilt, richly decorated with...statuettes of the Apostles, and the Crucifixion...The upper portion (in part Flemish, circa 1490), and the stem and foot of Italian 15th-century work...shield bearing the arms of the Medici family. H. Magniac, Esq. A grace-cup...On the cover are the arms of the city and the company, and surmounted by a maiden...the word "Desyer" on its side. Round the cover and cup are...letters of silver: "To ellect the master of the Mercerie hither am I sent; And by Sir Thomas Legh for the same intent". The hall-mark answers to the year 1499-1500. Mercers' Company'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.