ECS-S.116-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.116-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Clavering Cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt bowl of a cup, stem and foot missing
Comments
Bowl of a Cup, stem and foot missing.
Other number
116
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 150mm
height (actual size): 36mm
height (actual size): 36mm
Dimension note
Inscription
Inscribed on the cup: Ex dono Johannis Clavering quondam socii 1612
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1572
Maker's mark: WC over grasshopper ? very worn (Jackson p. 95#2)
Lion passant
Date mark: 1572
Maker's mark: WC over grasshopper ? very worn (Jackson p. 95#2)
Material
silver
Physical description
Silver gilt bowl of a cup with the stem and foot missing. In the centre of the bowl is a Renaissance ornament with raised helmeted head. (See the 1569 Communion cup.)
Production
Person
Unknown (Silversmith)
Date
1572
History and association
Object history note
Given by William Clavering Fellow, 1612. This piece, together with the Saville flagon (112) inscribed Worplesdon in Surrey 1860, and the Steeple cup and cover (115), similarly inscribed, were taken to Worplesdon by the Rev. Thomas Chamberlayne, Fellow and Vice-Provost of Eton, and rector of that Parish until his death 1801
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.62)
• Harwood
• Harwood
