Cover
Daniel Piers (fl.1746-1753)
Category
Silver
Date
1746 - 1747
Materials
Silver
Measurements
235 mm (Height)
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936018.2
Summary
Cover to silver cup with gilt interior, DUN/S/478a, made by Daniel Piers, 1746/47, part of a garniture of cups with DUN/S/476 and DUN/S/477. 'The moulded domed covers are raised and have applied ring sections, with gadrooned rims and locating flanges. Six cut card leaf forms are applied below the cast baluster lobed finials of each (Lomax and Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, pp.55).
Provenance
Previously on loan to the National Trust by the Rt Hon. Lord Deramore, and became the property of the National Trust after his death in 2006.
Makers and roles
Daniel Piers (fl.1746-1753), silversmith