ECS-S.60-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.60-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Lancing Cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt cup and cover with fruit finial
Comments
Cup and cover
Other number
60
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 420mm
Inscription
Inscribed: Collegio S. Mariae/ de Etona Praeposi et Socii Collegii/ SS Mariae et Nicolai de Lancing/ grato Animo Don averant/ MCMXXVII
Engraved with the arms of Eton College and the Society of SS Mary and Nicholas Lancing
Engraved with the arms of Eton College and the Society of SS Mary and Nicholas Lancing
Inscription description
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926-1927
Maker's mark: Richard Comyns
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926-1927
Maker's mark: Richard Comyns
Material
silver
Physical description
Large silver gilt cup and cover, decorated with palm leaves in relief, with fruit finial. Pair of angular handles of square cross section. Circular foot decorated with acanthus leaves. Engraved with the arms of Eton College and the Society of S. S. Mary and Nicholas Lancing.
The cup is a copy of one by Paul Storr, 1800-1801, presented by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) to the Middle Temple in 1887, which is illustrated in C.J. Jackson's History of English Plate No. 350
The cup is a copy of one by Paul Storr, 1800-1801, presented by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) to the Middle Temple in 1887, which is illustrated in C.J. Jackson's History of English Plate No. 350
Production
Person
Comyns, Richard (Silversmith)
Date
1926-1927
History and association
Object history note
Presented by Lancing College in gratitude for the gift of the Choir stalls removed from College Chapel when the wall paintings were uncovered and the canopies removed.
The cup is a copy of one by Paul Storr, 1800-1801, presented by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) to the Middle Temple in 1887, which is illustrated in C.J. Jackson's History of English Plate No. 350
The cup is a copy of one by Paul Storr, 1800-1801, presented by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII) to the Middle Temple in 1887, which is illustrated in C.J. Jackson's History of English Plate No. 350
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.42)
• Jackson's History of English Plate (No. 350)
• Jackson's History of English Plate (No. 350)
