ECS-S.124-2015
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.124-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Keate Wine Cooler
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Classical, vase shaped wine cooler
Other number
124
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 324mm
Dimension note
Height with stand
Inscription
Inscribed:
PRESENTED/ BY THE EXISTING MEMBERS OF ETON SCHOOL/ TO THE REVD. JOHN KEATE DD/ ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE HEADMASTERSHIP/ JULY 30 1834/ AS A TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH SENSE WHICH THEY ENTERTAIN OF HIS EXQUISITE TASTE AND ACCURATE SCHOLARSHIP/ SO LONG AND SO SUCCESSFULLY DEVOTED/ TO THEIR IMROVEMENT/ AND OF THE FIRM YET PARENTAL EXERCISE/ OF HIS AUTHORITY/ WHICH HAS CONCILIATED THE AFFECTION/ WHILE IT HAS COMMANDED THE RESPECT/ OF HIS SCHOLARS
2. (:On the base): A MEMORIAL TO LT. COL: E DES GRAZ/ THE RIFLE BRIGADE/ WHO FELL IN LIBYA, JUNE 6 1942/ THE GIFT OF HIS FAMILY
3. (Underneath): Robert Armitage from his children on his Seventieth birthday, Feb 22nd 1936
PRESENTED/ BY THE EXISTING MEMBERS OF ETON SCHOOL/ TO THE REVD. JOHN KEATE DD/ ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE HEADMASTERSHIP/ JULY 30 1834/ AS A TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH SENSE WHICH THEY ENTERTAIN OF HIS EXQUISITE TASTE AND ACCURATE SCHOLARSHIP/ SO LONG AND SO SUCCESSFULLY DEVOTED/ TO THEIR IMROVEMENT/ AND OF THE FIRM YET PARENTAL EXERCISE/ OF HIS AUTHORITY/ WHICH HAS CONCILIATED THE AFFECTION/ WHILE IT HAS COMMANDED THE RESPECT/ OF HIS SCHOLARS
2. (:On the base): A MEMORIAL TO LT. COL: E DES GRAZ/ THE RIFLE BRIGADE/ WHO FELL IN LIBYA, JUNE 6 1942/ THE GIFT OF HIS FAMILY
3. (Underneath): Robert Armitage from his children on his Seventieth birthday, Feb 22nd 1936
Inscription description
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1834-1835
Maker's mark: Paul Storr
On lining:
Lion passant
Duty Mark
Maker's mark: Paul Storr
On foot of vase:
No 23 published as the Act directs by Storr & Mortimer 156 New Bond Street, London 19 January 1835
Lion passant
Date mark: 1834-1835
Maker's mark: Paul Storr
On lining:
Lion passant
Duty Mark
Maker's mark: Paul Storr
On foot of vase:
No 23 published as the Act directs by Storr & Mortimer 156 New Bond Street, London 19 January 1835
Material
silver
Physical description
Classical, vase shaped wine cooler with a wide central band of Greek style figures. Three women in a chariot and maenads with flutes and tambours. Two scrolled handles edged in flowers and foliage, each with a counter curve of a pair of swans heads and necks. Around the lower body of the base runs a band of masks with vine leaves and grapes. Both lip and foot have bands of palm leaf motifs while the lip is edged with tongue and dart and a band of beading. The whole vase rests on a separate square stand with inscriptions and a crest on two sides.
Production
Person
Storr, Paul (Storr later Storr & Mortimer 1885) (Silversmith)
Date
1834-1835
History and association
Object history note
See inscriptions. The vase has been presented several times:
To Keate
To Robert Armitage for his 70th Birthday
In memory of Lt Col E des Graz, who was killed in Libya, presented in his memory in 1947
To Keate
To Robert Armitage for his 70th Birthday
In memory of Lt Col E des Graz, who was killed in Libya, presented in his memory in 1947
