id:			118872
accession number:	1940.1077
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1077
updated:		2025-02-09 00:30:46.600000

Dunkirk Cup, 1940. Wakeley and Wheeler (British), Cyril J. Shiner (British). Silver; diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); without cover: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased for the Museum by Subscription 1940.1077

title:				Dunkirk Cup
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creation date:			1940
creation date earliest:		1940
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Purchased for the Museum by Subscription
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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	silver
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Silver
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CREATORS

* Wakeley and Wheeler (British)  - fabricated by

* Cyril J. Shiner (British)  - designed by

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measurements: Diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); Overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); without cover: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	"This is the only replica of the cup in the National Maritime Museum of Greenwich, England, which was presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of London with the help of Lord Queenborough, a member of the Court, to the British army from Dunkirk in 1940.  The original cup was auctioned in London in aid of the Brisih Red Cross during the War."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen. "The Dunkirk Cup." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no. 8 (October 1941): 123-124
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 123
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140942

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