Recusant Chalice

Maker's mark RB, pellet below, in shield-shaped punch

1635–1645

Medium: Engraved
Dimensions: 18.7 x 12 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.) 295 g
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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british

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Sexafoil base raised on reeded foot, engraved on one lobe with crucifix surmounted by INRI within a mandala of rays, each corner engraved with a fleur-de-lys, rising to knopped baluster stem applied with three conjoined cherub heads, and plain, unscrewing tapering bowl.