Silver Cup

Description The interior, but not exterior surface of this bowl is finished, suggesting that it may have served as a liner to some other vessel. This bowl may have been set into a mount or stand of another material (such as marble or ivory) and may have been used for pouring water, either for hand washing or baptism.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/01/1947	Treatment	cleaned; coated
10/26/1959	Treatment	cleaned; coated
1/12/1985	Technical Report	examined for technical study
8/07/1985	Treatment	cleaned
9/19/1986	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
• Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.

Provenance [Excavated in Syria, 1908-1910]; Tawfic Abucasem, Hama and Port Said, ca. 1913, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929