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Communion Cup and Cover
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The cup with straight-sided tapering bowl on domed spreading circular foot applied with reeded bands, rising to a knopped stem, engraved with a horizontal band of arabesques within strapwork with foliate sprays at intervals; the domed cover with applied reeded rim, engraved with a band of arabesques, with a flat spool-form foot engraved 1576.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr. Cambridge MA bequest; to Fogg Museum 1966.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Title: Communion Cup and Cover
Description:
The cup with straight-sided tapering bowl on domed spreading circular foot applied with reeded bands, rising to a knopped stem, engraved with a horizontal band of arabesques within strapwork with foliate sprays at intervals; the domed cover with applied reeded rim, engraved with a band of arabesques, with a flat spool-form foot engraved 1576.
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