ECS-S.186-2016
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.186-2016
Object type
Identification
Title
Marsden Salver
Description
Circular salver, plain with a Chippendale border and four pad feet
Comments
This salver was presented by eight Eton boys to their Tutor, C.H.K. Marten (afterwards Provost), on the occassion of his becoming Vice Provost in 1929. The signatures of the eight pupils are engraved around a central inscription.
Other number
137
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 340mm
Inscription
Inscribed:
‘Presented to their Tutor, C.H.K. Marten afterwards Provost, by his last pupils on his becoming Vice Provost, 1929 . The signatures of his eight pupils are engraved around the central inscription:
C I C Wood, Elcho, TG Wrightson, P J B Perkins, K M Payne, G F B Grant, Hopetown, C H Smith
‘Presented to their Tutor, C.H.K. Marten afterwards Provost, by his last pupils on his becoming Vice Provost, 1929 . The signatures of his eight pupils are engraved around the central inscription:
C I C Wood, Elcho, TG Wrightson, P J B Perkins, K M Payne, G F B Grant, Hopetown, C H Smith
Inscription description
London
Date mark: 1929
Maker's mark: Goldsmiths and silversmiths company
Scratch weight: 3 1/3 oz, 9 dwt (plus two indecipherable scratch marks)
Date mark: 1929
Maker's mark: Goldsmiths and silversmiths company
Scratch weight: 3 1/3 oz, 9 dwt (plus two indecipherable scratch marks)
Material
silver
Physical description
Plain circular salver with a Chippendale border and four pad feet, inscribed to C.H. K. Marten from his pupils.
Production
Date
1929
