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A fruited grape vine is entwined around the body of the cup and cover, while an infant Bacchus, grasping a bunch of grapes, forms the finial. The male and female term figures forming the handles hold in their hands Bacchic attributes, the male with a bunch of grapes and a pan-pipe, and the Bacchante with a drumstick and tabor (tambourine). Among the fruited vine crawl a variety of naturalistic creatures and insects.<br><br><b>Stylistic Influences</b><br>This cup and that illustrated in Heming's trade card of about 1761 derive from Continental designs of the 1740s, most notably those of Pierre Germain (1720-1783), and show Heming was well aware of developments by leading Parisian goldsmiths at mid-century. A more direct stylistic influence, however, is that of Rococo pieces of the 1730s and early 1740s by master goldsmiths working in England, for example Frederick Kandler (active 1735-1778), Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751) and George Wickes. Heming produced a number of cups and covers with these ornamental elements, and can be said to have been a precursor of the Rococo Revival style which was to fully develop in the first decades of the 19th century.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Heming, Thomas","id":"A8498"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver gilt","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AM8020","2018KY0099"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"59"},{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"59"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cups","id":"AAT43202"}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1759-1760","earliest":"1759-01-01","latest":"1760-12-31"},"association":{"text":"hallmarked","id":"x32454"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Esso Petroleum Company Ltd","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"39.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"25.64","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by LM","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Engraved (after 1790) with armorials of C.W.J. 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Thomas Heming, the royal goldsmith, made a number of these cups during the 1750s and 1760s. The earliest dates from 1752. The small child grasping a bunch of grapes represents Bacchus, the classical Roman god of wine. This refers to the function of the cup.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["M.41:1-1959","M.41:2-1959"],"accessionNumberNum":"41","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1959,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Cup","Lid"],"assets":["2019LR2218","2019LP8974","2019LP8457","2019LP6986","2019LP3956","2019LP3871","2019LP0840","2019LR6512","2019LU3820","2019LV7558"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"1999-04-26","availableToBook":false}}