ECS-S.45:1-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.45:1-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Carter Soup Tureen
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Oval soup tureen (with lid and ladle 45.2 & 45.3)
Comments
Tureen, lid and ladle are catalogued together.
Other number
45A
Description
Dimensions
length (actual size): 395mm
width (actual size): 250mm
height (actual size): 309mm
height (actual size): 195mm
width (actual size): 250mm
height (actual size): 309mm
height (actual size): 195mm
Dimension note
Total height of tureen and lid is 309mm
Height of tureen only is 195mm
Height of tureen only is 195mm
Inscription
(a)ON THE FEAST OF S. NICHOLAS MCMXX1 IN JOYOUS COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF/ KING HENRY VI OUR FOUNDER. THE GREAT GRANDSON AND NAMESAKE OF HIM TO WHOM THIS TUREEN WAS ONCE/ GIVEN BY ETON BOYS RETURNS IT ON THE PART OF FIVE GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY BY THE HAND OF HIS ELDEST SON/ JOHN WAYNFLEETE NOW NUMBERED AMONGST THE LXX KINGS SCHOLARS. COMMITTING THE SAME TO THE MASTER IN COLLEGE/ AND TO HIS SUCCESSORS FOR THEIR USE IN THE HALL OF THIS ROYAL COLLEGE OF BLESSED MARY + DEO GRATIS
(b) Engraved lettering: 'REVERENDO VIRO / THOMAE CARTER A.M. COLL: ETON: SOCIO; / EJUSDEM COLL: SCHOLAE NUPER SUB DIDASCOLO / HOC, QHALECUNQUE SIT / TUTELAE AC BENIGNITATIS AMICISSIMAE MONUMENTUM / D. D. / APUD SE COMMORANTES PUPILLI AMANTISSIMI / DECEMBRIS MENSE A.D. 1829.'
Engraved with the Carter arms
(b) Engraved lettering: 'REVERENDO VIRO / THOMAE CARTER A.M. COLL: ETON: SOCIO; / EJUSDEM COLL: SCHOLAE NUPER SUB DIDASCOLO / HOC, QHALECUNQUE SIT / TUTELAE AC BENIGNITATIS AMICISSIMAE MONUMENTUM / D. D. / APUD SE COMMORANTES PUPILLI AMANTISSIMI / DECEMBRIS MENSE A.D. 1829.'
Engraved with the Carter arms
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1821
Maker's mark: Philip Rundell
Duty mark
Scratch mark: 59.1 oz
Lion passant
Date mark: 1821
Maker's mark: Philip Rundell
Duty mark
Scratch mark: 59.1 oz
Material
silver
Physical description
Oval soup tureen with lid and ladle. The upper edge of the large oval tureen is decorated with a broad band of Greek ornament, fluted edges, and two double scrolled handles ending in acanthus leaves. It is supported on an oval gadrooned foot. Larger, double scrolled handle on the cover. The Carter arms are engraved on the body of the tureen and the Carter crest on the lid. King's pattern ladle with Carter crest.
Production
Person
Rundell, Philip (Silversmith)
Date
1821
History and association
Object history note
Given by the Carter family to whomm it had origiinally been presented by Etonians.
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.32-33, pl. XXI, no. 2)
