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ECS-S.60-2014

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Object number

ECS-S.60-2014

Object type

cup

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

Inscription description

Leopards head
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

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

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)
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