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Goblet

Dateca. 1680

OriginEngland

MediumGlass

DimensionsOH: 12 9/16" OD: 3 7/8" (bowl); 3 13/16 (foot); 4 7/16" (Cover)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1960-868,A&B

DescriptionGoblet and cover: A: ceremonial goblet with cover, round funnel bowl, decorated at waist with "nip't diamond waies"; set up on a vernicular collar beneath which are 4 ears with pinched trailing, above a plain section and folded foot. Within bowl is a hollow knop within which is a Charles II coin. The coin is an English silver three penny piece (1670-1684), but the date is not visible.

B: Nip and cover with pinched ring, finial with volute and spiral work, socket and flange.

ProvenancePurchased by Howard Phillips,11a Henrietta Place, London, W. 1, England, on Colonial Williamsburg's behalf at auction. Auction, Sotheby's, London, October 21, 1960, Lot 58