ECS-S.105-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.105-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Verger's Staff
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Verger's staff
Other number
105
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 1240mm
Inscription
Lettering: 'VIRGAM HANC / IN PIAM MEMORIAM / ANNI A COLLEGIO FUNDATO / QUAD RINGETESIMI / MEMOR MUTIAE CARITATIS HARRY DUPUIS / COLLEGI REGALIS CANTABRIGIAE SOCIUS / ANNO DOMINI / MDCCCXLI'
Inscription description
Leopards Head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1840? worn [Jones records no marks; 2006 Valuation suggests 1840]
Maker's mark: Charles Fox
Lion passant
Date mark: 1840? worn [Jones records no marks; 2006 Valuation suggests 1840]
Maker's mark: Charles Fox
Material
silver
Physical description
Plain, tapering Silver Verger's staff, with fleur de lis on end, engraved with the arms of Eton College and arms with rose and portcullis.
Production
Person
Fox, Charles Thomas, 1801 - 1872 (Silversmith)
Date
c.1840
History and association
Object history note
Given in memory of Harry Dupuis in 1841.
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.60)
