Fox mask stirrup cup (used before the hunt)
Fox mask stirrup cup

by-nc

Maker

(silversmith)
1729-1807
(silversmith)
d. 1811 (Life dates)

Title

Fox mask stirrup cup (used before the hunt)
Fox mask stirrup cup

Date of Production

1773-74

Medium

medium : material : silver

Dimensions

Height: 7.3 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Object Number

LO.1990.CS.901

Mode of Acquisition

Akzo Nobel, long-term loan, 1990

Label Text

A Woman Silversmith

Louisa Perina Courtauld (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her late husband’s former apprentice. In 1780, Louisa Courtauld sold the business and the family turned to silk weaving, eventually founding the textile company Courtaulds Ltd. Its chairman in the 1920s was Samuel Courtauld, whose collection of Impressionist paintings is displayed in the Great Room on the floor above.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : engraved : on oval lip : initials : F & F //

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

A Century of Silver - The Courtauld Family of Silversmiths, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003 / 2013

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