Victorian Sterling Silver Cup on Hexagonal Foot. London 1869.

Victorian Sterling Silver Cup on Hexagonal Foot. London 1869.

£600

Beautifully executed Victorian sterling silver cup on reeded hexagonal foot.

Maker: E K R. Edward Ker Reid. London, 1869



The rim of the cup has bands of bright cut engraving and the coat of arms below is surrounded by bright cut decoration. The wording on the opposite side of the cup is very finely engraved in contemporary script.



Henrico Palin Gurney A B

Ex dono Roberti Greene A M Tamworthiensis

Colegii de Clare Socii

Ut literus diligenter persequendas

Sceintiumque impenso studio

Excolendum impelleret

Anno Domini 1870



(To Henry Palin Gurney, Bachelor of Arts,

Given by Robert Greene, of Tamworth,

A Master of Arts and Fellow of Clare College (Cambridge)

In order that he may persuade intellectual young men

To persevere in scholarship and improve their knowledge

With application and enthusiasm

A D 1870).

The full set of hallmarks is clearly struck on one of the flanges of the hexagonal foot.



Width Top: 3.2 inches (8.1cm)

Width Base: 3.25 inches (8.25cm)

Height: 6.9 inches (17.5cm)

Year

1869

Medium

Sterling silver

Country

London

Condition

Very good, commensurate with age.

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