ECS-S.96-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.96-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Wren Alms Basin
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt Alms Basin
Other number
96
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 509mm
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1661-1662 (worn)
Maker's mark: orb and star
Lion passant
Date mark: 1661-1662 (worn)
Maker's mark: orb and star
Material
silver
Physical description
Silver gilt, large and plain with a wide flat rim and ovolo edge. Four lobes in central depression.
Production
Person
Unknown (Silversmith)
Date
c.1661-1662
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Though to have been brought by Matthew Wren (1585 - 1667; uncle of Christopher Wren) from his private chapel at Ely and presented by him to Eton College Chapel (where he was buried)
Previous ownership
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.55 pl. XXVII)
• Sothebys: An Exhibition of Silver from Eton College 1990 (p. 28 )
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 614)
• Sothebys: An Exhibition of Silver from Eton College 1990 (p. 28 )
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 614)
