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A SILVER-GILT REPRODUCTION OF THE BACON CUP OF 1574
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A SILVER-GILT REPRODUCTION OF THE BACON CUP OF 1574

MARK OF L.A. CRICHTON, LONDON, 1913

Fermé20 March 2012

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GBP 812

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A SILVER-GILT REPRODUCTION OF THE BACON CUP OF 1574
MARK OF L.A. CRICHTON, LONDON, 1913
With pig crest finial
11¾ in. high (30 cm.)
40.5 cm.(1256 gm.)

Note du spécialiste

One of three cups made for Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-79)in 1574 from the Great Seal of Mary I. It was a "perk" of office for the Lord Chancellor & Keeper of the Great Seal to keep the obsolete seal of the deceased monarch once it had been defaced and usual to have commemorative items made up from the silver. Bacon had 3 cups made, one for each of his sons, to be passed down as heirlooms.