ECS-S.116-2015

Parts

Object number

ECS-S.116-2015

Object type

cup

Identification

Title

Clavering Cup

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Silver gilt bowl of a cup, stem and foot missing

Comments

This silver-gilt bowl of a cup is now missing its stem and foot. In the centre of the bowl is a Renaissance-style helmeted head in relief.

The cup was presented to Eton College by a Fellow, William Clavering, in 1612. This piece, together with one of the Savile Flagons and the early 17th-century Steeple Cup, were used for many years at the church of Worplesdon in Surrey. They were taken to Worplesdon by the Rev. Thomas Chamberlayne, Fellow and Vice-Provost of Eton, who served as rector of the parish from 1791 until his death in 1801.

Bowl of a Cup, stem and foot missing.

Other number

116

Description

Dimensions

diameter (actual size): 150mm
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)

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

Date

1572

History and association

Associated object

COLL CC 04 67 (associated object)

Object history note

Provenance: 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