ECS-S.53-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.53-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Barrington Ewer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Small ewer with helmet shaped lip
Other number
53
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 242mm
Inscription
Engraved with coat of arms and lettering: 'This cup was given by / Mary Viscountess Barrington / Widow of the Honble Samuel Grimston / eldest son of the first Viscount Grimston / to her neice, Jane eldest Daughter / of James Second Viscount Grimston / And wife of Thomas Estcourt of Estcourt Esqrr
Inscription description
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1738 (very worn)
Maker's mark: Benjamin Godfrey
Scratch mark: 27.15
Lion passant
Date mark: 1738 (very worn)
Maker's mark: Benjamin Godfrey
Scratch mark: 27.15
Material
silver
Physical description
Small ewer, with helmet shaped lip, on moulded pedestal foot with compressed baluster stem. Engraved with coat of arms, with the motto MEDIOCRA FIRMA and the inscription as above.
Production
Person
Godfrey, Benjamin, c.1706- - ? (Silversmith)
Date
1738
History and association
Object history note
Given in 1967?
Previous ownership
