ECS-S.108:2-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.108:2-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Cooper Memorial Candlestick
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Altar candlestick with cross
Comments
Altar set of pair of Candlesticks and Cross
Other number
108
FDA-A.292:1-3-2013
FDA-A.292:1-3-2013
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 375mm
Inscription
Inscribed: DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO GRATIAS ETIAM PRO/ SE AGUNT IN PATRIAM/ BELLO CONFECTO REDUCES FREDERICUS/ VICE-COM: DE HAMBLEDEN/ GULIELMUS ACLAND. DUDLEIUS VICE-COM: DE SANDON. EDUARDUS SEYMOUR. ARTURUS ACLAND.
Inscription description
Leopards Head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926
Maker's mark: John Paul Cooper
also two marks on drip rings
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926
Maker's mark: John Paul Cooper
also two marks on drip rings
Material
silver
Physical description
One of a pair of candlesticks. Hexagonal stems with large central knop on domed circular feet. Knop and foot decorated with embossed vines and grapes.
Production
Person
Cooper, John Paul, 1869 - 1933 (Silversmith)
Date
1926
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College in memory of the boys from Mr E. L. Vaughan's house killed in the Great War
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.61 , pl. XXX)
