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Standing cup and cover

Standing cup and cover
 (c. 1859)

Medium
silver, gold
Measurements
(a-c) 48.4 × 15.9 × 15.1 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Castlemaine, Victoria
Inscription
(a) engraved in bowl u.l.: Presented / 31st (• under st) DECEMBER. / 1863. (1863. underlined)
engraved in bowl u.c.: TO / Chas (• under s) Abraham / Saint
engraved in bowl u.r.: by / his FRIENDS and / Fellow Citizens (w C double underlined)
engraved in bowl in rear u.l.: In / recognition of / many services (y ser underlined) / rendered (de underlined)
engraved in bowl in rear u.c.: AS (underlined) / Editor of the / Mount (ou underlined) Alexander (nd underlined) / Mail. (Mail. underlined)
engraved in bowl in rear u.r.: TO (double underlined) / the TOWN (T underlined) and (a underlined) District of (trict underlined) / CASTLEMAINE (underlined)
engraved in scroll above base in rear l.r.: From / September 1851 / to / November (mber underlined) 1863
Accession Number
D9.a-c-1970
Department
Australian Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia
Physical description
8-lobed, masks below and dragon handles, 4 moulded figures at repousse base, lid has Australian. animals etc.