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This silver-mounted ostrich egg cup and cover is part of a group of rare early English silver-mounted objects dating from the late 16th century and early 17th century. Often referred to during the medieval period as 'Gryphon eggs', ostrich eggs were highly prized and, in common with other similar exotica, such as mother-of-pearl, shells and coconuts, they were often mounted in richly chased silver or silver-gilt mounts. Their delicate nature however has ensured that few have survived and indeed of the handful of surviving examples some have had the egg replaced with a silver body or a new egg. Surviving English examples include:
The Lawrence Gilbert Cup, Colchester, circa 1570.
The Harborough Cup, 1580, sold Christie's 24 February 1887, lot 149.
The Goodricke Cup, 1581, with later silver body, The British Museum, London.
The Robert Ducie Cup, 1584, egg replaced, The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
The Lee Cup, 1586, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
The Home Cup, 1588, sold Christie's, 17 June 1919, lot 55.
The Whitfield Cup, 1590, The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago.
The Untermeyer Cup, 1591, The Metropolitan Museum, New York.
The Richard Fletcher cup, 1592, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
The Burghley Cup, 1594, with later body and cover, Burghley House, Stamford.
The Exeter College Cup, circa 1610, Exeter College, Oxford.
The Swaythling Cup, 1623, formerly the Randolph Hearst Collection.
The attributed maker of this cup, Barnabus Gregory (b.c.1591-1635) ,was apprenticed to Richard Brookes from 1581 to 1591. He remained in St Mary Woolnoth after his apprenticeship and married Elizabeth Feake in 1602. Later the family moved to Mugwell Street where they lived until at least 1634. His mark is recorded from 1601 on a number of standing cups, steeple cups and tazze.
The Lawrence Gilbert Cup, Colchester, circa 1570.
The Harborough Cup, 1580, sold Christie's 24 February 1887, lot 149.
The Goodricke Cup, 1581, with later silver body, The British Museum, London.
The Robert Ducie Cup, 1584, egg replaced, The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
The Lee Cup, 1586, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
The Home Cup, 1588, sold Christie's, 17 June 1919, lot 55.
The Whitfield Cup, 1590, The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago.
The Untermeyer Cup, 1591, The Metropolitan Museum, New York.
The Richard Fletcher cup, 1592, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
The Burghley Cup, 1594, with later body and cover, Burghley House, Stamford.
The Exeter College Cup, circa 1610, Exeter College, Oxford.
The Swaythling Cup, 1623, formerly the Randolph Hearst Collection.
The attributed maker of this cup, Barnabus Gregory (b.c.1591-1635) ,was apprenticed to Richard Brookes from 1581 to 1591. He remained in St Mary Woolnoth after his apprenticeship and married Elizabeth Feake in 1602. Later the family moved to Mugwell Street where they lived until at least 1634. His mark is recorded from 1601 on a number of standing cups, steeple cups and tazze.