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Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)

Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 135

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as a punning significance—the donorsname being Mr. William Cockayne. He bequeathed themto the company in his will dated October 24, 1598. Whenin use the head is removed. Silver cups in the sixteenthand seventeenth centuries were made in the form of variousbirds and animals, a style borrowed from… … No. 58. Hanap or Standing Cup (1616) Height, 25 inchesAt St. Johns College, Cambridge A radical departure was made in the form of the standingcup of the second half of the sixteenth century. The above, though later in date, is a beautiful example ofa typical Elizabethan design. It is richly…

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