ECS-S.10:2-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.10:2-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
The King's Cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Oversize tankard with lettering
Comments
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
10B
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 197mm
diameter (actual size): 153mm
diameter (actual size): 153mm
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
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
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.
Gadrooned base.
Engraved with the arms of King George III and of Eton College within a Rococo cartouche.
Production
Date
c.1763
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1762-64
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.10, pl. VI)
