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ECS-S.87-2014

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Object number

ECS-S.87-2014

Object type

Identification

Title

Set of Twelve 'Eton' Table Spoons

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Twelve matching silver table spoons

Other number

87

Description

Inscription

Engraved with fleur de lis and the initials 'EC' for Eton College

Inscription description

Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Maker's mark: very worn
The twelve spoons bear various date marks, all very worn: 1776-1777?, 1800-1801, 1808-1809. Jones (p. 48) suggests dates of 1720-1736

Material

silver

Physical description

Twelve table spoons, engraved with a fleur de lis and EC for Eton College. Various dates

Production

Date

c.1776-1809

History and association

References

• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.48)
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