ECS-S.102-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.102-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
1909 Good Shepherd Chalice and Paten
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt chalice engraved with the figure of the Good Shepherd, with paten
Other number
102
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 221mm
diameter (actual size): 161mm
diameter (actual size): 161mm
Inscription
Inscribed on both chalice and paten: AD LAUDEM DEI OMNIPOTENTIS ET IN PIAM MEMORIAM GILBERT METCALFE ROBERTSON ETONENSIS ETONAE AMANTISSIMI QUI OBIT QUARTO PIE MENSIS JUNII AS MDCCCCIX AET LXXVII
E.J.H. C.E.C. G.D.B. C.H.B.
E.J.H. C.E.C. G.D.B. C.H.B.
Inscription description
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1909-1910
Maker's mark: D & J Welby
Lion passant
Date mark: 1909-1910
Maker's mark: D & J Welby
Material
silver
Physical description
Silver gilt, plain, bowl engraved with the figure of the Good Shepherd on Gothic stem with hexagonal foot. Paten cover.
Production
Person
Date
1909-1910
History and association
Object history note
Given by E.J.H and G.D.B. and C.E.C. and C.H.B. (not identified) in memory of Gilbert Metcalfe Robertson, at Eton 1845-1850, Captain of the boats. His horse was shot under him at Balaclava, died 1909.
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.58 (iv))
