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 on the bowl with the figure of the Good Shepherd
Comments
'PLAIN BOWL, engraved with the figure of the Good Shepherd; mounted on a "Gothic" stem and hexagonal foot.
Height, 8 5/8 in.
The bowl is 1635-6 (maker's mark illegible).
The stem and foot are Victorian.'
[Source: Jones, E. Alfred, 'The Plate of Eton College', The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938, p.58 (i)]
The chalice is made in the medievalist style favoured by Bishop Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626). The plain bowl is finely engraved with the figure of Christ, depicted as the Good Shepherd. The Gothic tracery is rare for this date but considered to be original.
Height, 8 5/8 in.
The bowl is 1635-6 (maker's mark illegible).
The stem and foot are Victorian.'
[Source: Jones, E. Alfred, 'The Plate of Eton College', The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938, p.58 (i)]
The chalice is made in the medievalist style favoured by Bishop Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626). The plain bowl is finely engraved with the figure of Christ, depicted as the Good Shepherd. The Gothic tracery is rare for this date but considered to be original.
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
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)
