ECS-S.7-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.7-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Caudle Cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Two handled cup
Other number
7
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 120mm
width (actual size): 250mm
diameter (actual size): 124mm
width (actual size): 250mm
diameter (actual size): 124mm
Dimension note
Width includes handles
Diameter is the diameter of the mouth (Jones p. 8 47/8")
Diameter is the diameter of the mouth (Jones p. 8 47/8")
Inscription
Inscribed with four sets of initials and the date 1689:
*P*
*B*E* 1689
*B*P*
*P*P*
*P*
*B*E* 1689
*B*P*
*P*P*
Inscription description
Leopards Head Crowned
Lion Passant
Date mark: (worn) 1669-1670?
Maker's mark: IC above a mullet in a heart
Lion Passant
Date mark: (worn) 1669-1670?
Maker's mark: IC above a mullet in a heart
Material
silver
Physical description
Charles II two handled Caudle Cup, plain, the lower part embossed with acanthus and palm leaves. The scrolled handles are cast with human heads as thumb pieces.
Production
Date
1669-70
History and association
Object history note
Gift of Sir J.H.B. Noble Bart of Ardkinglas. Also the donor of the large cup 1774, the pair of 'Keate' sauce boats, adn two chalices and two patens. This cup was bequeathed to Sir J.H.B.Noble by Henry Elford Luxmoore.
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.8 pl.V)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p.350)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p.350)
