ECS-S.72-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.72-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Cambridge Salt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Elaborate standing salt on three lion feet
Comments
This is a copy of a salt dating from 1562-63 that was presented to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 to his death.
Other number
72
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 318mm
Inscription
Inscribed: MAGISTER. ET. SOCII. COLL. CORP. CHR. CANTABR. DOCTORI. MR JAMES. CATALOGI. PARK ERIANI. AUCTORI. GRATIARUM. SIGNUM. DEDERUNT. AD 1914
Inscription description
Leopards head
Lion passant
Date mark: 1914-1915
Maker's mark: W.Comyns
Lion passant
Date mark: 1914-1915
Maker's mark: W.Comyns
Material
silver
Physical description
Elaborate standing salt on three lion feet, wtih grotesque masks enclosed in strapwork. The lid with fruit detailing and scalloped decoration below finial.
Production
Person
William Comyns & Sons Ltd. (Silversmith)
Date
1914-1915
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Montague Rhodes James in appreciation of his services in compiling a catalogue of the Parker Collection of Manuscripts at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.44)
