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 and paten
Comments
Chalice and Paten
Other number
91
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 140mm
height (actual size): 166mm
diameter (actual size): 100mm
diameter (actual size): 116mm
height (actual size): 166mm
diameter (actual size): 100mm
diameter (actual size): 116mm
Dimension note
Diameter of Paten 140mm
Diameter of mouth of Chalice 100mm
Diameter of foot of Chalice 116mm
Diameter of mouth of Chalice 100mm
Diameter of foot of Chalice 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
Given by Sir J.H.B. Noble Bart
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.50 pl XXIV )
