This small garnet vessel most probably came from Cambay on the west coast of India.
It was part of an enormous bequest from Elizabeth, Countess of Devonshire (1619-1689), to her daughter Anne, Countess of Exeter (1649-1703), which was recorded in an inventory known as the 1690 Devonshire Schedule, or Deed of Gift.
Amongst a group of items in the Schedule, under the heading ‘Cornelian Coralls, Garnetts and other Stones’ appears: ‘A little Garnett Boate Cupp.’
