ECS-S.97-2014
Parts
Object number
ECS-S.97-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Small Alms Basin
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Silver gilt alms basin
Comments
These matching pieces were acquired for College Chapel at the time of the Restoration. Their orb and star maker's mark suggests they were made by Robert Gregory. Gregory worked for Sir Robert Vyner (1631-1688), who was appointed the King's goldsmith in 1661.
Other number
97
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 272mm
Inscription description
Leopards head crowned
Lion passant
Date mark: 1661-1662
Maker's mark: orb and star
Lion passant
Date mark: 1661-1662
Maker's mark: orb and star
Material
silver
Physical description
Silver gilt, plain with four lobes in central depression.
Production
Person
Unknown (Silversmith)
Date
c.1661-1662
History and association
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p.56)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 614)
• Mitchell, David M., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London (p. 614)
