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Guilt silver beaker with birds - SF.024
Origin: Possibly Persian (?)
Circa: 1800
AD
to 1900
AD
Dimensions:
5.75" (14.6cm) high
x 3.5" (8.9cm) wide
Medium: Silver
£9,000.00
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
Silver-gilt is silver gilded with gold.
Most large objects made by goldsmiths which
appear to be made out of pure gold are actually
silver-gilt, as for example most sporting
trophies, medals and many crown jewels.
Apart from being much cheaper than gold, large
silver-gilt objects are also much lighter and
stronger.
Compared to plain silver, gilding greatly reduced
the need for cleaning and polishing, and thus
reduced considerably the risk of damage to such
objects.
“Gold" threads used in embroidered goldwork are
normally also silver-gilt.
Silver-gilt objects have been made since ancient
times using a variety of gilding techniques, and a
distinctive depletion gilding technique was
developed by the Incas in Pre-Columbian South
America.
This is an extremely handsome late 19th century
beaker, very possibly of coming from a Persian
workshop whose decoration consists variously of
interlaced scrollwork, creating a rhomboid
framework embossed with interacting birds.
- (SF.024)
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