Manufacture
Professor in Fine Arts, Ph.D., Dr. John Clarke has approximated the dating of the cup with similarly styled objects found in Pompeii, due to the lack of archaeological context. It was made in five sections: the main bowl, which was hammered thin from inside and subsequently finished off from the outside to produce the figures in relief; a separate plain inner liner bowl of thicker sheet silver with a solid rim, to make the cup easier to use and to clean; a base in solid silver; a cast foot soldered to the base' and two handles. The cup shows signs of having been used over an extensive period; the handles are missing, and the gilding that may have been applied to certain features has been lost. Otherwise it is in an excellent state of preservation.
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