Goblet
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Coconut
Measurements
120 mm (Height); 74 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549115
Summary
Goblet with ovoid bowl made from a coconut shell. Bowl engraved at rim with band of diamonds below which several circular fields in which a crown; two flags and a drum; a thistle; and a harp with female figure head. Fields interspersed with various foliage. Knop stem engraved with stylised foliage. Foot made from top part of shell. Foot engraved with stylised foliage and band of triangles. Inscribed - E COX III (scratched on cup)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
E COX III. (scratched on cup)