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Certain decorative elements on the mounts have close parallels to works from Nürnberg and Amsterdam, revealing the internationalism of the Renaissance goldsmith's craft.\r\n\r\nThe Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert <i>Schatzkammer</i> is one of the few collections of its kind formed in the late 20th century. The <i>Schatzkammer</i>, or treasury, was a new concept in the 16th century. It referred to a special chamber in which the most precious artefacts of a princely collection were housed.  Gold and jewelled objects were mounted alongside exotic natural curiosities, including rock crystal, nautilus shells and ostrich eggs. Together they demonstrated not only the wonders of nature and the technical achievements of the artist, but also the intellect and culture of the patron. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes.  Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.","physicalDescription":"The spreading spool-shaped foot of the cup is chased around the border with a band of gadroons and strapwork on punched matted ground and around the raised central section with flowers and strapwork, with three applied demifigure-scroll brackets above. Additional bands of gadroons are chased at the base of the coconut bowl and beneath the lip, and the two bands are linked by three pierced vertical straps of scrolls and masks. The slightly spreading lip is etched with a band of exotic birds and scrolling foliage. The domed cover is chased with flowers and strapwork similar to that on the raised centre of the foot, with a finial in the form of the Virgin Mary above a spool-shaped plinth with a laurel border. The coconut is carved with twelve scenes illustrating the Passion of Christ. The scenes are, on the upper register, the Entry into Jerusalem, Christ on the Mount of Olives, the Betrayal, Christ before Caiaphas, the Flagellation, the Mocking of Christ, and, on the lower register, Christ before Pilate, the Way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, the Deposition, the Entombment, and the Resurrection.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver-gilt","id":"x37998"},{"text":"coconut","id":"x39219"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"},{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"piercing","id":"AAT231153"},{"text":"etching (corroding)","id":"AAT53840"},{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Raised, cast, chased, pierced and etched silver-gilt; carved coconut shell","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2009CA2687","2009CA2676","2009CA2675","2009CA2674","2009CA2635","2009CA2577"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES409944"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES409944"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cup","id":""}],[{"text":"cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Luneburg","id":"x36842"},"association":{"text":"marked","id":"x32454"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1580","earliest":"1575-01-01","latest":"1584-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"31.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"10.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"620","unit":"g","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured 26/04/24 IW","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Mark for Lüneburg","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Under the base"},{"content":"Mark 'AV' in monogram, unidentified maker's mark","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Under the base"}],"objectHistory":"Provenance: Frederic Spitzer, Paris. Acquired by Arthur Gilbert from S.J. Phillips Ltd, London, 1983.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver-gilt and carved coconut shell cup and cover, Lüneburg, ca.1580.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Darcel, Alfred. 'L'Orfèvrerie civile'.  <u>In</u>:  Émile Molinier, ed. <u>La Collection Spitzer: Antiquité, moyen âge, renaissance</u>.  6 vols.  Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890-3, vol. 3, cat. no. 32, pl. III."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Rosenberg, Marc. <u>Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen</u>.  4 vols.  Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, 1922-28,  vol. II, no. 3268, p. 285."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Scheffler, Wolfgang.  <u>Goldschmiede Niedersachsens</u>. 2 vols. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1965, vol. 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