New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Two-Handled Covered Cup

Maker Robert Hennell I (English, 1741 - 1811)

CultureEnglish

Date1780-81

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 15 x 6 1/4 in. (38.1 x 15.9 cm)

InscribedHallmarks (stamped on foot of cup and lip of cover); RH (maker's mark); Lion passant (sterling standard); Leopard head crowned (London assay); Roman small e (date letter for 1780-1781).

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number78.103

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Dining Room

DescriptionThis covered cup is raised above a high foot decorated with a band of beading and a chased band of scrolls and tulips against a stippled ground. The main body of the cup is decorated with a band of chased leaves and with chased swags and ribbons looped over an oval patera. An unidentified coat of arms is engraved under the lip on one side with the motto Fide Et Virtute (Fidelity and Virtue). The spool-shaped cover is decorated with bands of beading at the lip and below the finial, which is urn-shaped and set on chased leaves. The cover has a band of scrolling that matches the base, and an unidentified crest is engraved on it. The cup has two hollow cast handles decorated with beading on each side and joined to the body with leaflike decorations. (Taken from TREASURES FOR THE TABLE catalog, p. 80).

Label TextRobert Hennell I English, London (1741-1811) Two-Handled Cup, 1780-81 Silver, 15 x 6 1/4 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 78.103 Inspired by ancient Greek and Roman urns, this delicate covered cup is decorated with an unidentified coat of arms and a family motto Fide et Virtute (Fidelity and Virtue). Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. "Classical Traditions at the Moses Myers House," Moses Myers House, Norfolk, VA, April 17 - December 1, 2013.