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Frans Francken the Younger was the most famous of an Antwerp dynasty of painters; he trained with his father, Frans the Elder (1542-1616), and joined the Antwerp guild in 1605. He was a painter of religious and historical subjects as well as being the inv
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MICHEL HAUSSNER (1573-C. 1638)

Bukelpokal or standing cup and cover

c.1610-20

RCIN 51466

Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages ; v.1 / by Henry Shaw.©

This cup is recorded in the Carlton House inventory of 1830. The cup reputedly belonged to Charles II who presented it to 'a Master of Queen's College', Oxford, for services to his father during the Civil War. Rundell, Bridge & Rundell acquired the cup from a descendant of the recipient c.1823 and sold it to George IV. In 1828, the cup was sent back to Rundell's for regilding.

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p. 6, pl. III (EAJ : Jones, E.A., 1911. The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle, Letchworth)

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