Spoon, c. 1400 [Si18]
Unmarked, c. 1400
Silver gilt: L. 17 cm, W. 5.5 cm, 58.9 g
Despite its damaged condition, this is one of the most impressive English medieval spoons. It is unusually heavy and elaborately [...]
Election Cup, c. `1470 [Si1]
Unmarked, c. 1470
Silver gilt with applied pastes: H. 42 cm, D. 18 cm, 2056 g
This cup takes its name from the examination for new scholars of Winchester College, which is known as ‘Election’. It was presented in [...]
Standing Bowl, 1554 [Si4]
London, 1554; maker’s mark: TL conjoined
Silver: H. 12.4 cm, D. 17.6 cm, 382 g
This is among the earliest English examples of a standing bowl of ‘tazza’ form, as distinct from the font-shaped cups of the early [...]
Standing Salt, 1550s-60s [Si5]
London, 1550s-60s; maker’s mark: TL conjoined
Silver gilt: H. 11.4 cm, W. 11.9 cm, 377 g
This is the only hexagonal-shaped salt known from the Elizabethan period. It has the same maker’s mark as a standing bowl (Si4] with [...]
Henslowe Ewer and Basin, 1563 [Si2 and Si3]
Maker’s mark: unicorn head; London hall-mark: letter 'e'; inscribed around the base of the basin:' MANERS MAKET MAN QVOTHE WYLLYAM WYKEHAM'; inscribed around the rim of the basin: '+HANC PELVIM CUM SVO GVTTVRNIO DE NOVO FECIT RADOLPHVS HENSLOWE Ao DNI 1563 CVI DEVS RETRIBVAT IN ILL DIE'
Silver and parcel-gilt (basin D. 40.5 cm; ewer H. 22.8 cm)
Ewer and basin sets were used for hand washing during meals, and often formed the centrepiece of displays of silverware in Tudor dining [...]
Chalice with Paten Cover, 1568 [Si153]
London, 1568; maker’s mark: a globe
Silver: H. 17.5 cm, D. 9.5 cm, 281 g
A typical Elizabethan communion cup, of a type acquired by thousands of parish churches in the 1560s and 1570s. The donor, Miss [...]