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Parts

Object number

ECS-S.5-2014

Object type

cup

Identification

Title

Richard Hill Cup and Cover

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Cup and cover

Other number

5

Description

Dimensions

height (actual size): 280mm

Inscription

The gift of Richard Hill 1647

Inscription description

Leopards Head Crowned
Lion Passant
Date mark: 1633-34

Material

silver

Physical description

The Cup with baluster stem and circular foot. The body with three human figures in classical dress embossed and chased in three panels and surrounded by scrolls and flowers. The chasing is entirely 19th Century and the cover is associated.
The Cover has a finial composed of three grotesque brackets and three plain brackets, embossed with scrolls and flowers.

Production

Date

1633-34

History and association

Object history note

Presented to Eton May 28 1919 by Dr W Fairbank of Windsor as a thank offering for his 2 sons Henry Nevill Fairbank (at Eton 1896-1900) and Christian Albert Hastings Fairbank (at Eton 1906-1910)

References

• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p. 5)
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