ECS-S.115-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.115-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Steeple Cup
Description
Steeple cup and cover (minus the steeple and 3 brackets)
Comments
Cup and cover
Other number
115
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 252mm
Dimension note
Inscription
Inscribed on the cup: 'The gift of Mrs Sarah Barlow / of Lockerly in Hampshire who / departed this life ye 31st Augt. 1710 in / ye 85 year of her age.'
Inscribed on the foot: 'Worplesdon in Surrey 1800'
Inscribed on the foot: 'Worplesdon in Surrey 1800'
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1616-1617
Maker's mark: T
Lion passant
Date mark: 1616-1617
Maker's mark: T
Material
silver
Physical description
Steeple cup and cover (minus the steeple and three brackets). The cup is egg shaped resting on a short baluster stem with a circular foot ring. The domed cover rests on a circular strip which sits inside the cup rim. Cover, bowl and foot are embossed and chased in stylized foliate leaf forms (possibly pomegranates).
Production
Person
Unknown (Silversmith)
Date
1616-1617
History and association
Object history note
First owner probably Matthew Bust, (Headmaster 1611-1620) from whom it descended to his daughter Sarah who married first, Nicholas Hobart donor of the great Salt, and secondly, Matthew Barlow, Vice Provost until 1664.
See Jones p. 63 for extensive history
See Jones p. 63 for extensive history
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.62-63)
