ECS-S.40-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.40-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Epergne
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
George III oval epergne with seven pierced dishes
Other number
40
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 445mm
Inscription
Inscribed: Vivo ornatissimo
J.Davies. S.T.E.
Hoc minunusculum
meritus quam indignum!
dari voluerunt
Alumni Etonenses
J.Davies. S.T.E.
Hoc minunusculum
meritus quam indignum!
dari voluerunt
Alumni Etonenses
Inscription description
Leopard's head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1780-1781
Maker's mark: Robert Hennell
Lion passant
Date mark: 1780-1781
Maker's mark: Robert Hennell
Material
silver
Physical description
Neo Classical oval Epergne. Seven pierced dishes, supported on four ball and claw feet. Large central dish, decorated with pierced rings enclosing rosettes, rams heads with ring handles. Surrounded by six smaller baskets. Standing between the four supports is a figure of Apollo with a lyre, unmarked probably Victorian. The dedicaton inscription on an oval plaque along lower edge.
Evidence of alteration to base.
Jones describes the six smaller dishes as 'four small circular and two oval dishes'
Evidence of alteration to base.
Jones describes the six smaller dishes as 'four small circular and two oval dishes'
Production
Person
Date
1780-1781
History and association
Object history note
Presented to Jonathan Davies
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.27 pl.XX)
