ECS-S.11:1-2014
Parts
ECS-S.11:1-2014
Identification
Strangers' Cup
assigned by cataloguer
Strangers' Cup (College or Ox-eye cup) one of a pair
College or Ox-Eye Cups, also called 'Grace' cups in 1772 inventory and 'Beer Mug' in Christopher Hussey.
11A
Description
height (actual size): 171mm
Lions head erased
Britannia mark
Date mark: 1698
Maker's mark: Samuel Hood
Britannia mark
Date mark: 1698
Maker's mark: Samuel Hood
silver
Plain globular double handle cup (College or Ox-eye cup) engraved with the arms of Eton College in Charles II heraldic style surrounds.
The two small ring handles hollow, the lip and base moulded.
The two small ring handles hollow, the lip and base moulded.
Production
Hood, Samuel (Silversmith)
1698
History and association
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.11, pl VII)
• Hussey, C. Eton College, 2nd Ed., 1926 (p. 132, pl. 12)
• Hussey, C. Eton College, 2nd Ed., 1926 (p. 132, pl. 12)