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The bowl forms part of the so-called 'Rouen Treasure' hoard, said to have been found in an iron box when pulling down a house in Rouen in 1864. Three more bowls, four silver spoons and a gold écu of Philip VI of Valois (ruled 1328-50) from this hoard are also in the V&A, other items from this hoard are in Paris (the Louvre and the  Cluny Museum) and St. Petersburg ( the Hermitage).","physicalDescription":"Circular silver bowl, the inside surface struck all over with small contiguous circles. It stands on a separately made low foot, the rim and foot gilt. A large jagged hole and a small one are just below the rim.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, parcel-gilt, with struck decoration made using a hollow punch","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006BB4313","2006BB1071","2006BB1041","2017JU6213","2018KW7562","2018KY5204","2018KY6229"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"10A (VA)","id":"THES49098"},"free":"","case":"3","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bowl","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1375-1400","earliest":"1375-01-01","latest":"1400-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"22.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"4.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Paris maker's mark on rim: a large crowned fleur-de-lis above two back-to-back bearded heads (unidentified)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"See Attributions Note field."}],"objectHistory":"The bowl forms part of the so-called 'Rouen Treasure' hoard, said to have been found in an iron box when pulling down a house in Rouen in 1864. Three further bowls (106, 107 and 109-1865), four silver spoons (110 to 113-1865) and a gold écu of Philip VI of Valois (ruled 1328-50) from this hoard are also in the V&A. In 1961 Charles Oman suggested that they originally belonged to a larger hoard of silver, whose origin is unknown but was possibly near Gaillon in Normandy. This hoard also included pieces now found in the Musée de Cluny (traditionally thought to have been excavated in 1851 at the Château of Gaillon, once the country palace of the archbishops of Rouen), in the Basilewsky Collection now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.\n\nHistorical significance: This is an extremely rare example of domestic table silver produced by Parisian goldsmiths at the beginning of the reign of Charles VI of France (ruled 1380-1422).","historicalContext":"This bowl was probably intended for dining, although it is possibly too shallow to have been used as a drinking vessel.","briefDescription":"Bowl from the so-called 'Rouen Treasure' hoard, silver, partly gilt, Paris, ca. 1380-1400","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lightbown, R.W. <font -u>French Silver</font>. London: HMSO, 1978. cat. no. 9, pp. 14-16, ill."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gaborit-Chopin, Danielle and Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth, <font -u>Objets d'arts du Moyen Age</font>, Paris, 1981. Cat. nos. 127-128, pp. 242-245, ill. (on two bowls from the so-called Gaillon hoard in the Musée de Cluny, Paris)."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles. A mysterious hoard of early French silver, in <font -u>Pantheon</font>, xix, March 1961, pp. 82-87, ill."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lightbown, R.W., <font -u>Secular Goldsmiths' Work in Medieval France: A History</font>. London, The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1978, ill. (Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, no. XXXVI)."},{"reference":{"text":"Avril, François. <i>Paris, 1400 : les arts sous Charles VI</i>, Paris : Fayard : Réunion des musées nationaux, 2004","id":"AUTH354488"},"details":"no. 100","free":""}],"production":"There is some ambiguity about the date of the Paris maker's mark but Charles Oman's research showing that the bowl cannot date earlier than 1379 has been accepted by subsequent scholars (see References). Elisabet Taburet-Delahaye proposed 1380-1400 in 2004 (see Exhibition History).","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["108-1865"],"accessionNumberNum":"108","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1865,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2016JB5204","2016JB5205","2017JU6949","2019LP7536","2019LR6605","2019LV9544"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"2005-06-28","availableToBook":false}}