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exhibition_number: 02-005 | ||
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label: Parker Standing Covered Cup with ‘man and staff’ finial (inscription +matthaevs. Cantvar Dedit Collego Corporis Chris Cantab | ||
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exhibition_location: Wall Case | ||
exhibition_number: 7 | ||
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label: Parker Standing Covered Cup with ‘man and staff’ finial | ||
exhibition_location: Wall Case | ||
exhibition_area: A | ||
gallery_location: Adeane | ||
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Parker’s great standing cup is the second grandest in Cambridge (after the Vice- Chancellor’s Cup of 1592) and one of the most significant examples of an English standing cup of its date anywhere. It is a triumph of technical virtuosity with some elements separately cast and soldered on. While some standing cups were for display only, this one was almost certainly meant to be used since the cup is made in two parts: the bowl is a push-fit into the base, and its interior has been deliberately smoothed over to make it easier to wash up. | ||
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Inscription: +matthaevs. Cantvar Dedit Collego Corporis Chris Cantab | ||
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Unidentified maker, London, England, 1569 Silver gilt | ||
The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
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exhibition_number: 02-006 | ||
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exhibition_number: 2 | ||
artist_info: Robert Danbe | ||
label: Parker Standing Salt and Cover | ||
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exhibition_location: Wall Case | ||
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gallery_location: Adeane | ||
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Salt-cellars came in all shapes and sizes, and wealthy individuals and establishments often owned several large examples in silver. | ||
Cylinder salts like this one were the height of fashion on English tables from c.1550, and remained popular for the next 150 years. | ||
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This exquisite early example is a masterpiece of Mannerist art with decoration composed of unfurling ribbon-like ‘strapwork’, fruit and gourds. It is unusual because it also contains a pepper-pot: the shallow salt-dish at the top of the hollow drum is covered over by a push-fit lid, whose upper part functions as a pepper- pot. | ||
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Attributed to Robert Danbe, London, England, 1562 | ||
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Silver gilt | ||
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The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
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label: Parker Rosewater Basin | ||
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exhibition_location: Wall Case | ||
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This spectacular rosewater basin and ewer are late Gothic in style, dating from the reign of Henry VIII (1509 – 47). They are believed to be the earliest ewer and basin of this sort to survive anywhere in the world, and were used at Elizabeth I’s 40th birthday party. | ||
Such sets were used by diners to cleanse their | ||
hands in delicately scented rosewater before and after grand feasts. The passing scent of the rosewater would have competed with the highly perfumed bodies of the diners, who often overdid it with their scented pomanders designed to mask their natural body odour. | ||
Unidentified maker, London, England, 1545 Silver gilt | ||
The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
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label: Parker Ewer/Jug | ||
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This spectacular rosewater basin and ewer are late Gothic in style, dating from the reign of Henry VIII (1509 – 47). They are believed to be the earliest ewer and basin of this sort to survive anywhere in the world, and were used at Elizabeth I’s 40th birthday party. | ||
Such sets were used by diners to cleanse their | ||
hands in delicately scented rosewater before and after grand feasts. The passing scent of the rosewater would have competed with the highly perfumed bodies of the diners, who often overdid it with their scented pomanders designed to mask their natural body odour. | ||
Unidentified maker, London, England, 1545 Silver gilt | ||
The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
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exhibition_number: 02-011 | ||
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label_number: 153 | ||
label: A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye | ||
object_number: SP447 | ||
exhibition_location: Hanging case | ||
exhibition_area: D | ||
gallery_location: 20th century | ||
gallery_location: 20th century | ||
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This is the only known example of the c.1558 edition of A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye, a popular cookery book designed for ‘middling’ households. It was owned by Matthew Parker, Master of Corpus Christi (whose silver is displayed at the start of the exhibition), and his wife, Margaret. A seasonal guide to game and fowl is followed by menus for dinners (midday meal) and suppers, including ones for ‘fyshe dayes’. Spices – cinnamon, ginger, mace, and pepper – are used in moderation. Sugar is included in many savoury dishes, sometimes combined with vinegar for the sweet-and-sour effect, typical of Tudor cooking. This book has few signs of ‘wear and tear’, indicating that it was unlikely to have been used in the kitchen. | ||
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title: Nautilus shell standing cup with Chinese scenes and Neptune riding a dolphin | ||
slug: nautilus-shell | ||
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This fantastical nautilus shell cup is a truly global product. It was constructed in Elizabethan London, likely by an Antwerp silversmith, using a south-east Asian shell, engraved in China, mounted in precious silver- gilt fittings. Its stem and foot are shaped as Neptune riding a dolphin writhing in a sea filled with marine life, while a giant crayfish attempts to crawl inside the back of the shell bowl, making the object rather terrifying to pick up, let alone drink from. | ||
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Unknown Chinese shell-carver; unknown European silversmith, London, England, 1585 | ||
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Nautilus shell, silver gilt | ||
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L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937 (M/P.4-1938) |
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title: List of infringements relating to the sale of food at Stourbridge Fair | ||
slug: list-of-infringements | ||
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List of infringements relating to the sale of food at Stourbridge Fair From the late Middle Ages until the mid- nineteenth century, the regulation and sale of merchandise in and around Cambridge were controlled by the University. The Commissary’s Court (beneath the Vice-Chancellor’s Court) dealt with offences at Cambridge’s fairs. This document relates to infringements at Stourbridge Fair, including the incorrect use of weights and measures, false labelling, unfair pricing, the sale of poor quality goods, and illegal trading. Act Book of The Commissary’s Court, University of Cambridge, 1585 –1614 The Syndics of Cambridge University Library (Comm. CT.V.7) |
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title: Isaac Newton’s notebook, 1659 – 61 | ||
slug: newton-notebook | ||
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Newton started at Trinity College, Cambridge, in June 1661, bringing with him this old school notebook filled with notes on Latin grammar. Turning it upside down, he used the empty pages at the back to record his ‘personal expenses’ during his first undergraduate year. Perhaps homesick, Newton comforted himself with edible treats, recorded under the telling sub-heading, ‘Otiose et frustra expensa’ (Idle and vain expenses), including ‘cheries’, ‘Tarte’, ‘Marmolet’, ‘Custardes’, and ‘Cake bred’. | ||
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The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge (R.4.48c) |
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title: Pocket (purse) with draw strings | ||
slug: purse-pocket-string | ||
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This colourful beadwork purse acted as a reminder of the importance of charity and a public expression of piety, clearly expressed by the 2019-12-04-s, ‘REMEMBER THE POORE’. Every time the owner dipped her gloved hand inside to remove a coin, she would see this instruction. England, 1631 Satin, leather lining, silk thread, cord and polychrome glass beads | ||
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Given by Miss Whitehurst (T.1-1836) |
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title: Token/halfpenny with three fish | ||
slug: token-three-fish | ||
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From 1649 (the year of Charles I’s execution), thousands of tradesmen issued tokens for the penny, halfpenny, and farthing. Most were produced unofficially for individual tradesmen at the Royal Mint, and used as small change. Tokens often have designs representing the issuer’s name and/or trade. This example was made for Bartholomew Fish, a fletcher or arrow-maker, and is decorated with three fish, rather than arrows, which was a play on his surname. Tokens were made illegal in 1672, twelve years after the Restoration of the Monarchy, and replaced by officially- manufactured copper coins. | ||
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Issued by Bartholomew Fish, Queenhithe, London, England, 1667 | ||
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Copper alloy | ||
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Acquired in 1908 (CM.BI.1021-R) |
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title: Coffee shop token/halfpenny with a coffee pot | ||
slug: token-coffee-shoppe | ||
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The Fitzwilliam Museum has several tokens for local tradesmen relating to food. This one, inscribed ‘John Marston in Trumpington Street, Cambridge’, has a hand pouring coffee from a pot into four cups set on a table. The exact location of Marston’s coffee shop is unknown, but it was likely to have been a favourite haunt of students, serving food and alcohol as well as coffee. Isaac Newton may well have frequented it in the early 1660s, when a student at Trinity. | ||
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Issued by John Marston, Cambridge, England, 1648 –72 | ||
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Copper alloy | ||
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Acquired in 1908 (CM.BI.317-R) |
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title: Baker’s token/halfpenny with a decorated pie crust | ||
slug: baker-token | ||
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Robert Millard was a baker based in Caxton in the second half of the seventeenth century. His halfpenny token proudly declares his name and profession in elegant capital letters encircling a beautifully decorated round pie crust. Following Millard’s death in 1718, an inventory of his bakehouse-cum-home listed not only a well-stocked kitchen but also a separate baking room with various equipment including pots, pans, dishes, sieves, a dough stand, and a cheese stand. | ||
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Issued by Robert Millard, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England, 1668 | ||
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Copper alloy | ||
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Acquired in 1908 (CM.BI.375-R) |
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title: Token/halfpenny with a plaited loaf represented as a group of lozenges | ||
slug: token-powell | ||
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Thomas Powell’s halfpenny token is decorated with nine lozenges in a diamond formation, probably representing a stylised plaited loaf. Since this device appears on other tokens where the issuer describes himself as a baker, it is likely that this was also the trade of the 22-year-old Powell who lived in the parish of St Clement’s, Cambridge. | ||
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Issued by Thomas Powell, Cambridge, England, 1666 | ||
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Copper alloy | ||
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Given by Trinity College, Cambridge (CM.TR.645-R) |
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title: Token/halfpenny with three coneys | ||
slug: coneys-token | ||
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The inscription on Hugh Conny’s token reveals that he operated in Caxton and Elsworth, neighbouring villages 9 miles west of Cambridge. The design of three rabbits, or coneys, is a play on his surname, but whether he actually traded in rabbits is unknown. Conny may have known Robert Millard, a baker based in Caxton, whose token with a pie crust is displayed nearby. | ||
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Issued by Hugh Conny, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England, 1666 | ||
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On loan to The Fitzwilliam Museum from Queens’ College, Cambridge (CM.QC.1556-R) |
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title: Account book of G. Woollard, Grocer, Trinity Street, Cambridge, 1788 | ||
slug: accounts-woollard | ||
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Perhaps the largest and most prestigious grocer’s in eighteenth-century Cambridge was Woollard’s, located just off Market Hill, at 6 Trinity Street. Popularly known as ‘The Fortnum’s of Cambridge’, Woollard’s sold a wide range of goods. Many of the well-heeled shoppers shown browsing and buying from the stalls and shops in Market Hill in MacKenzie’s watercolour (displayed nearby) may well have gone up the road to Woollard’s to stock up on other luxury groceries such as tea and sugar. The pages shown here, dated 15 November to 11 December 1788, record the sale of sugar and seeds as well as candles, basins, and ‘fountains’. | ||
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title: Cambridge Market place | ||
slug: cambridge-market-place | ||
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Cambridge Market Place This image gives a good sense of the hustle and bustle of Cambridge’s central market place prior to the devastating fire of 1849 and the removal in 1855 of the original stone fountain, which had issued fresh running water, brought in via Hobson’s Conduit since 1614. An uncovered fruit and vegetable stall dominates the left foreground while a well- stocked poulterer’s stall fills the right middle ground with birds lying on the table and neatly hung from the makeshift roof-cover. A gilt- metal sign in the shape of a fish is suspended over the tops of the covered market stalls showing that somewhere in their midst is a fishmonger. | ||
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Frederick MacKenzie (1787– 1854) London, England, 1841 Watercolour, graphite pencil, bodycolour and white, gum applications and scratching out, on paper Purchased with the Fairhaven Fund (PD.13-1971) |
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title: Standing salt and cover with warrior finial | ||
slug: standing-salt | ||
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Evaporated from sea water, carved from salt mountains, and mined from salt caves, salt has been used for millennia in cooking and to preserve fresh food. Its sale was regulated by the state to ensure supply and fair prices. Fortunes have been made and lost from salt by taxation and monopolies. Salt was served in cellars (‘salts’) of diverse shapes, sizes, and materials, all with a hollow from which the salt was pinched or scooped. This beautiful English example has a push-fit cover surmounted by a ferocious warrior to ‘protect’ the salt from contamination. | ||
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Unidentified silversmith, London, England, 1583 Silver gilt L.D. Cunliffe Bequest, 1937 (M/P.3 & A-1938) |
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