ECS-S.57-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.57-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Stephen Loving Cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver loving cup; bell shaped form with a circular , spreading foot; two scrolling handles
Other number
57
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 215mm
Inscription
Engraved with coat of arms of Stephen and of Eton College and the presentation inscription:
PRESENTED/ TO/ THE HON MR JUSTICE STEPHEN/ BY/ HIS COLLEAGUES OF THE HIGH COURT/ OF JUDICATURE AT FORT WILLIAM IN BENGAL/ UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE/ DECEMBER 1904
Inscribed: SCHOLARIBUS REGUS/ COLLEGII DE ETON/ IN MEMORIAM/ JACOBI KENNETH STEPHEN/ EJUSQUE AMICORUM dd HLS 1921
PRESENTED/ TO/ THE HON MR JUSTICE STEPHEN/ BY/ HIS COLLEAGUES OF THE HIGH COURT/ OF JUDICATURE AT FORT WILLIAM IN BENGAL/ UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE/ DECEMBER 1904
Inscribed: SCHOLARIBUS REGUS/ COLLEGII DE ETON/ IN MEMORIAM/ JACOBI KENNETH STEPHEN/ EJUSQUE AMICORUM dd HLS 1921
Inscription description
Crown: Sheffield
Lion passant
Date mark: 1903-1904
Maker's mark: Fordham & Faulkner
On base: Hamilton & Co. Calcutta Simla
Lion passant
Date mark: 1903-1904
Maker's mark: Fordham & Faulkner
On base: Hamilton & Co. Calcutta Simla
Material
silver
Physical description
Large, plain loving cup with two handles, each topped by a single leaf motif.
Engraved with the coat of arms of Stephen and of Eton College.
Engraved with the coat of arms of Stephen and of Eton College.
Production
Organisation
Fordham & Faulkner (Silversmith)
Date
1903-1904
History and association
Object history note
Inscribed as a gift to J.K. Stephen 1892
Presented to Eton in 1921 by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen Bart in memory of his brother, James Kenneth Stephen.
See the Stephen goblet and salver (55 and 56)
Presented to Eton in 1921 by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen Bart in memory of his brother, James Kenneth Stephen.
See the Stephen goblet and salver (55 and 56)
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.40)
