Edward VII Silver Replica "The Tudor Cup"

EDWARD VII SILVER REPLICA: “THE TUDOR CUP”

George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1904

The original made 1521-22, now residing in the Royal Museum of Scotland

The antique silver font shaped cup in heavy gauge silver with a wide shallow and straight-sided bowl resting on a fluted

hollow conical stem above a round foot embossed and chased with flutes and ovals, the bowl bearing an inscription

in Lombardic letters on a hatched ground above stippled and chased scale decoration

(“DEVS IM DONA DVXS AME DENE SXCTVS” ) (?);

verso silvergilt and inscribed: “The Tudor Cup, Original Sold at the Dunn Gardner Collection for 4100 GBP” -

the highest price ever paid for any single piece of silver at that time - 1901 *

Condition: Excellent

Note: These small cups were peculiar to the early 1500's, and would serve multiple purposes. The original of

this Tudor cup is pictured in Old London Silver, Montague Howard, p.100, resides in the Royal Museum of Scotland.

*Dunn Gardner, owner of Soham Manor (which before 1066 had been part of King Edward's ancient demesne

and remained with succeeding kings until the late 12^th century), had a legendary collection of early silver that

was auctioned at Christie’s London in 1901. The sale’s 6 cloth-bound volumes occasionally come up for auction

today at 300/400 GBP. The original 1541 Tudor Cup was exhibited at South Kensington Museum during Dunn

Gardner’s ownership. It now resides in the Royal Museum of Scotland, purchased in 1958 for 9500 GBP.

Further provenance of the original includes H. Durlacher; J. A. Holms; L. H. Wilson.

4”H x 4 ½”W, 11.2 oz.

SOLD

#4504

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