The Methuen Cup
a Piece of Sixteenth-Century Scottish Plate
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.055.285.289Keywords:
Silver, Leather, CopperAbstract
The silver-gilt cup was almost certainly made in Scotland. There are three incised inscriptions: one in broad Scots and the other two in Latin, in capital letters between incised lines encircling the cup and cover. The initials of the silversmith are VH.


