ECS-S.12:1-2014

Object number

ECS-S.12:1-2014

Object type

bottle

Title

Pilgrim bottle

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Pilgrim bottle, one of a pair.

Comments

This magnificent pair of bottles are by the silversmith Pierre Harache the younger. Harache was the first Huguenot to be admitted into the Goldsmiths' Company. It is engraved with the arms of Eton College and those of Charles George, 2nd Baron Arden (1756–1851). The bodies are enriched with French style decoration. On the shoulders are masks of human faces cast in high relief.

The pair were presented by William Francis Farrer (1858–1924).

Pair of Pilgrim Bottles

Other number

12A

Dimensions

height (actual size): 520mm

Inscription

Vasa suo et geminae placeant Perigrinolagenae/ ex dono FratRum, mateR Etona, tRium

Inscription description

Lions Head erased
Britannia mark
Date mark: 1699
Maker's mark: Pierre Harache the Younger

Material

silver

Physical description

Pair of massive bottles with oval shaped bodies. On low, circular feet, with two rows of fluted decoration. The body enriched with French style decoration. Flat straps flow down the neck. The lower body has convex straps interlaced with Lambrequins. On the shoulders are masks of human faces cast in high relief. Chains of an unusual trefoil link are attached to the shoulders and cover. Engraved with the arms of Eton College and with the arms of Perceval impaling Wilson for Charles George, 2nd Baron Arden (1756-1851)

Person

Harache, Pierre (Silversmith)

Date

1699

Object history note

Provenance: Bequeathed to Eton College by William Farrer in 1924

Previous ownership

Farrer, William Francis, 1858 - 1924

References

• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.12 pl.IX)
• Jones, E. Alfred, Catalogue of The Plate of William Farrer, 1924 (p.20)