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Reference Number	HI/1948-1-2
Title	Silver Gilt Ciborium
Date	1948
Creator Name	Alwright & Marshall; 1875-; silversmith manufacturers
Description	Silver gilt ciborium with detachable lid. The stem in the form of St. Luke, holding a text and with two cattle at his feet. Celtic banded decoration around rim of bowl and foot. The lid finial in the form of two hands. Figure of St. Luke and finial hand cast from wax model, Ref. No. HI/1948-1-1. Bowl is inscribed "PRAESIDI SOCIISQUE/COLLEGII MEDICORUM REGII HIBERNIAE/PRAESES BETHEL SOLOMONS/DONO DEDIT/DIE FESTO SANCTO LUCAE./A.D. MCMXLVIII." and stamped with the maker's initials "A&M" and Dublin hallmarks for the year 1948.
Extent	2 parts
Custodial History	Recorded in Register of Donations and Bequests (RCPI/8/3/2/1) as presented by the President, Dr Bethel Solomons
Dimensions	179mm (diameter of bowl) x 340mm (approx. height)
Digital Collections	View online in our digital collections
Copyright	Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Credit Line	Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object Name	Ciborium
Term	Gift Giving
	Anniversaries and Special Events
	Christianity
	Ceremonial Behaviour

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/43	Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; 1654-	1654-
DS/UK/1576	Saint Luke (d. c.84); patron saint of physicians, artists and others	d. c.84
DS/UK/494	Solomons; Bethel Albert Herbert (1885-1965); obstetrician and rugby player	1885-1965
DS/UK/5660	Alwright & Marshall; 1875-; silversmith manufacturers	1875-

Places

Code	Set
NA5	Dublin/County Dublin/Ireland

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