ECS-S.182-2015

Object number

ECS-S.182-2015

Object type

ewer

Title

Lovett-Cameron Ewer

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Pear-shaped, Renaissance-style ewer, with 'pistol-grip' opening mechanism; heavily decorated with fruit and floral swags, shells and serpentine wave patterns, etc.; the interior is silver-gilt

Comments

This ewer was presented to Eton College by Mark Phillips, a former House Master who served as Keeper of the Eton College Photographic Archive and Silver Collection from 1994 to 2002.

Dimensions

height (actual size): 360mm

Inscription

Engraved lettering: 'GIVEN TO / C. LOVETT-CAMERON ESQ. / by / Mrs Cusack, A.F.W.G de Cusack / AND / J.W.H.C. Cusack / in grateful and affectionate remembrance / JAN 1875'

Inscription description

Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1874-1875
Duty mark
Maker's mark: Martin, Hall & Co.

Material

silver

Physical description

Pear shaped, Renaissance style ewer, heavily decorated with fruit and floral swags, shells and serpentine wave patterns. The interior is silver-gilt. On one side of the body a pair of male and female winged figures support a cartouche enclosing a coat of arms with a crest of a mailed arm brandishing a dagger in its fist, with a Renaissance style bearded male mask below the cartouche. A similar cartouche encloses an inscription on the other. The lid has a 'pistol-grip' style of opening mechanism. Standing on a domed raised foot with a band of flowers and shells enclosed in repeating semi-circular arcs.