Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Drinking cup, 1853
Silver, enamel
Manufactured by John Hardman & Co., Birmingham, UK
Manufactured by John Hardman & Co., Birmingham, UK
h. 5 1/8 (13,1 cm) - w. 3 7/8 in. (9,8 cm)
Hallmarked for John Hardman & Co., Birmingham and date letter D for 1852/1853. The initials 'EK' and 'R' (or possibly 'K') each twice in enamel roundels.
COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
Provenance
Commissioned by Edward King, 13 Queen Square, Bath, and delivered to him on 18th June 1853 at cost of £9 17s 6d. King was an attorney and solicitor who died in Paris on 16th April 1855. His wife Sarah King died in 1888.Exhibitions
'Exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts', at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1952 (for the 1843 cup made for Pugin himself and lent by his descendant C. H. Purcell) - 'Birmingham Gold and Silver 1773-1973', at the City Museum and Art Gallery of Birmingham, from 28th July to 16th September 1973 (for the 1851 cup made for the Knill family and lent anonymously under number C16).Literature
John Hardman & Co, Metalwork Sales Day Book 1849-1854, at The Library of Birmingham, 175/A/4/4/3/2 - Shirley Bury, 'In search of Pugin's Church Plate', in Connoisseur, volume CLXV, May 1967, page 30, number 3 (for the 1843 Pugin beaker).Join our mailing list
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