ECS-S.10:4-2014
Parts
ECS-S.10:4-2014
Identification
The King's Cup
assigned by cataloguer
Oversize tankard with lettering
Two pairs, catalogued as 10.1-10.4
10D
Description
height (actual size): 197mm
diameter (actual size): 153mm
diameter (actual size): 153mm
Diameter of mouth
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
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
silver
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
Peaston, W & R (Silversmith)
c.1763
History and association
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1762-64
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.10, pl. VI)