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
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)
