Chalice

Created by Smyth, John and Sons

Date: 1901
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: metalwork

Object type: Chalice

Description: 'Made for a Convent near Dublin. Weighed nearly 300 ounces, 18-carat gold, and was set with diamonds, amethysts, topaz and garnets. The repousse work represented scenes from the Passion of the Saviour. It is one of the finest pieces of gold work we have seen produced. Made by Messrs John Smyth and Sons, of 17 Wicklow Street, entirely in their own workshops, and is a testimony to the excellence of Dublin goldsmiths' work'.
As described in The Irish Builder, Oct. 10th, 1901, p. 889.

Citing this record

'Chalice', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1216032882, accessed 20 Apr 2019]