Chalice
John Bridge
1827–1828
- Medium
- Gilded silver with garnets
- Dimensions
- 28.3 × 12 cm (11 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.); 28.3 × 11.2 cm (11 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
metalworkvesselchalices (liturginal vessels)silver giltgothic revival
About
A. W. N. Pugin, the foremost proponent of the Gothic Revival style in England, made this chalice when he was just 15; yet its eclectic combination of Gothic-inspired ornament already demonstrates his experimentation with the architectural vocabulary of the medieval period.
