Chalice

Description

Chalice with a partly gilt silver bowl set on a gilt copper stem and foot decorated with champlevé and basse-taille enamels: Italian, Tuscany, Siena, by Tommaso di Vannino, early 15th century, with an added silver plaquette engraved with the arms of the Medici family of Florence from the late 16th or 17th century

Museum reference

A.1892.336

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Chalice

Production information

di Vannino, Tommaso, 1378 - 1427 (fl.)
Siena, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

Late 14th - early 15th century

Materials

Silver, parcel-gilt, Copper, gilt, Enamel, Silver, Silver

Physical description

Partly gilt silver bowl set on a gilt copper stem and foot decorated with champlevé and basse-taille enamels; added silver plaquette engraved with the arms of the Medici family of Florence

Associations

Medici
Previous owner: Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder Collection
Florence, Italy, Southern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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