ECS-S.187-2016

Parts

Object number

ECS-S.187-2016

Object type

salver

Identification

Title

Eggar Salver

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Circular salver on four scroll feet

Comments

Note: lost from 2006, found 2016 in locked filing cabinet in College Kitchen

Other number

169

Description

Dimensions

diameter (actual size): 340mm

Inscription

Etched lettering at centre: ‘Presented to / W. D. Eggar esq., by the members of, The Eton Scientific Society, in grateful acknowledgement of the unfailing interest and sympathy with which as Founder and first President he has guided its energies and encouraged its growth. 1902 – 1919’

Inscription description

London
Date mark: 1917-18
Maker's mark: Harrison Brothers and Howson
Scratch weight: (mark faint) 28-600?

Material

silver

Physical description

Circular salver on four scroll feet. The border has alternate flower and shell motifs and a gadrooned edge. Inscribed to W.D. Eggar by The Eton Scientific Society.