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Chalice Scaphe Dial, by Markus Purmann, Munich, 1599

Inventory Number 51021


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51021

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund. Formerly in the Rosenheim and Sir John Findlay Collections.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCVS PVRMAN MONACHI FACIEBAT ** / ELEVATIO POLI 48 GRAD ANNO / 15 99" punched inside rim.
Physical material
Gilt Copper alloy
Object type
Scaphe dial
Dimensions
Diameter: 75mm Height: 137mm Weight: 207g
Inventory No
51021
Accession Number
1961-148

Description

An ornately decorated copper alloy chalice with a central gnomon in the vessel.