ECS-S.100-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.100-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Good Shepherd Chalice
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt Chalice engraved with the figure of the Good Shepherd
Other number
100
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 220mm
diameter (actual size): 112mm
diameter (actual size): 114mm
diameter (actual size): 112mm
diameter (actual size): 114mm
Dimension note
Diameter of mouth of chalice 112mm
Diameter of foot of chalice 114mm
Diameter of foot of chalice 114mm
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1635-1636
Maker's mark: BF ?
scratch marks 16 15
Lion passant
Date mark: 1635-1636
Maker's mark: BF ?
scratch marks 16 15
Material
silver
Physical description
Silver gilt, plain bowl finely engraved with the figure of the Good Shepherd on Gothic stem with hexagonal foot. The gothic tracery is very rare for this date but is considered original.
Production
Person
Unknown (Silversmith)
Date
1635-1636
History and association
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.58 (i))
• Sothebys: An Exhibition of Silver from Eton College 1990 (p.8; p.27 catalogue no.30)
• Sothebys: An Exhibition of Silver from Eton College 1990 (p.8; p.27 catalogue no.30)
