ECS-S.10:1-2014

Object number

ECS-S.10:1-2014

Object type

mug

Title

The King's Cup

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Oversize tankard with lettering

Comments

These four large, plain tankards have incised Latin lettering, indicating that they were gifted to the College by King George III and Queen Charlotte. They are engraved with the arms of both George III and Eton College.

At least two of the four tankards were made by William and Robert Peaston, London-based goldsmiths who worked in partnership together from 1756 until c.1763.

This is one of two pairs of tankards, which together form a set of four. The maker's mark is illegible on this example and its pair. W & R Peaston is the maker of the other pair of tankards.

Other number

10A

Dimensions

height (actual size): 197mm
diameter (actual size): 153mm
volume (approx): 3.6l

Dimension note

Diameter of mouth

Inscription

Septem. XXV
AD MDLXXII
GEORGIUS III
Cum
regina Caroletta
et
proceribus
hoc collegium invisens
haec vasa argentea
inter alia munificentiae pignora
in alumnorum usum
donmavit
suae erga Etonenses benevolentiae
monumentum perpetuum

Inscription description

Leopards Head Crowned
Lion passant
Date marks: 1762 (one pair, the other pair 1763)
Maker's mark: W & R Peaston

Material

silver

Physical description

The Kings Cups: Each George III half gallon silver mug, plain and tapering without covers.
Gadrooned base.
Engraved with the arms of King George III and of Eton College within a Rococo cartouche.