Artist: Unidentified, silversmith; Date(s): circa 1585 - 1586; Classification(s): silver, ewer, raised (metal forming process), Silver-gilt, embossed, and chased, with cast handle; Acquisition: bequeathed by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham, 1937, L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937 [M/P.10-1938]
Description: Silver-gilt, embossed, and chased, with cast handle. The sides are decorated with four oval medallions each enclosing an allegorical figure of one of the virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity, and Fortitude. Accompanied by a wooden box (A) with two brass handles, two half-lids hinged with catches, and lining of red velvet, locking with a key (B)
