ECS-S.60-2014
Parts
ECS-S.60-2014
Identification
Lancing Cup
assigned by cataloguer
Silver gilt cup and cover with fruit finial
Cup and cover
60
Description
height (actual size): 420mm
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
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926-1927
Maker's mark: Richard Comyns
Lion passant
Date mark: 1926-1927
Maker's mark: Richard Comyns
silver
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
Comyns, Richard (Silversmith)
1926-1927
History and association
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
• 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)