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Drawings Medieval silver bowl from Rochester (Medway)

Object number

LDSAL2020.42.67

Production date

1831

Material

Paper
Pencil

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 132mm
Width: 159mm
Height (of Mount): 168mm
Width (of Mount): 198mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Silver Bowl in the possession of Andrew Fountain Esq. of Narford Hall, Co. Norfolk.
Archæol. XXIII. p. 393.

Inscription content

Scale of Inches.

Inscription content

Now in the British Museum

References

Reference (free text)

Thomas Amyot, 'Silver Bowl Formerly Belonging to the Monastery of Rochester', Archaeologia 23 (1831): 392-4. Illustration (Engraving), p. 393. The usage of this bowl is dicussed. It was concluded that it was a bowl for alms.