ECS-S.91-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.91-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
15th-Century Chalice and Paten
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt chalice on a round foot with an engraved cross in a circle on one side; the stem, with knops, rising to a circular bowl; the circular paten chased with a quatrefoil to the centre and engraved with a cross in a circle on one side
Comments
This chalice and paten were probably made in Northern France. The stem of the chalice is divided by a large ornamental knop, with lozenges that would have originally been enamelled. The paten has a quatrefoil depression, engraved with a cross on the rim.
Although among the oldest items in the silver collection, this is one of two chalices that are relatively new to the collection, having been presented to Eton College by Sir John Henry Brunel Noble (1859-1937) sometime during the first decades of the 20th century.
Chalice and Paten
Although among the oldest items in the silver collection, this is one of two chalices that are relatively new to the collection, having been presented to Eton College by Sir John Henry Brunel Noble (1859-1937) sometime during the first decades of the 20th century.
Chalice and Paten
Other number
91
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 166mm
diameter (actual size): 140mm
diameter (actual size): 100mm
diameter (actual size): 116mm
diameter (actual size): 140mm
diameter (actual size): 100mm
diameter (actual size): 116mm
Inscription
Inscribed: 'AVE PLENA'
Material
silver
Physical description
Chalice: Silver gilt. French 15th Century. Plain tapering bowl, stem divided by large ornamental knop. 'Ave' on the upper part of stem plus frond of foliage. 'Ave' repeated below knop.
'Plena' in lozenges on knop, originally enamelled. Above and below knop is a rope moulding. Plain stem to flaring circular foot with a cross engraved in a circle.
Paten: Plain, circular, silver gilt with quatrefoil depression in centre. Cross engraved in a circle on edge.
'Plena' in lozenges on knop, originally enamelled. Above and below knop is a rope moulding. Plain stem to flaring circular foot with a cross engraved in a circle.
Paten: Plain, circular, silver gilt with quatrefoil depression in centre. Cross engraved in a circle on edge.
Production
Date
c.1450-1500
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Sir J.H.B. Noble (1859-1937); by whom presented to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.50 pl XXIV )
