# Covered cup

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Netherlandish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-netherlandish-rebd719c1bf6019>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Silver gilt, height 40 cm

## Commentary

The inscription on this cup says that the piece was commissioned in 1603, as one of an identical pair, by the chief officers of the civic guard of the town of Gorinchem. The shape of the cup is traditional. It is composed in the Renaissance manner as a succession of distinct elements, with the cover conceived as a variation on the foot and stem.

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- [Censer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-netherlandish-rebd719c1bf6019/censer-re2e4fcacf32f9c>)
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## Attribution

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