ECS-S.6-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.6-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Commonwealth Salt
Description
Circular Salt with three scrolled brackets; engraved with arms
Other number
6
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 171mm
Inscription
Lettering: 'Dedit Nicolaus Hobart Armiger / hujus Collegii olim alumnus / gratudinis ergo / 1656'
Inscription description
Leopards Head Crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1656
Maker's mark: AD conjoined above a crescent in a shield.
The three brackets are stamped with a lion passant.
Scratch weight 35oz 5 dwts
Lion passant
Date mark: 1656
Maker's mark: AD conjoined above a crescent in a shield.
The three brackets are stamped with a lion passant.
Scratch weight 35oz 5 dwts
Material
silver
Physical description
Plain, circular salt with three scrolled brackets. Engraved with the arms of Eton and of the donor.
Production
Date
1656
History and association
Object history note
The Salt was purchased with the sum of twenty nobles left by Nicholas Hobart in his will for a piece of plate, for the use of the Fellows 'if they shall daily diet in the Hall as formerly, and not otherwise' ( see Jones p. 6)
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p. 6-7, pl. IV)
• Hussey, C. Eton College, 2nd Ed., 1926 (p.128, pl. 5)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 214)
• Hussey, C. Eton College, 2nd Ed., 1926 (p.128, pl. 5)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 214)
