Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Plate; Exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum, May 8, 9, 10, 1895

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... Benjamin Pyne. Cripps, 1684. These marks are repeated on various parts. Total length: 42. Inscription: (in a cartouche on the foot, in script) THE Gift Of / Tho. Bacon Esq / Tho. Nutting / Mayor / 1724 Arms: (on cover) as on the great mace, except that the 4th quarter contains the arms of Hanover instead of England and Scotland impaled, and the motto below is DIEU ET MON DROit instead of SEMPER EADEM: (engraved on foot) or a chevron gules between three trefoils slipped. Thomas Bacon, by whom these four Maces were given, was one of the Members of Parliament for the Borough till his death in 1736. The mention of Thomas Nutting in the inscription merely indicates that he was Mayor at the time. 67. Tankard; Silver, I 702. King's Coll. A large plain tankard with a thumb-piece in the form of a lion couchant. Marks: (on rim and lid) year letter of 1701-2; lion's head erased; Britannia; L E. Weight: (inscribed underneath, 42. 12 ). Dimensions: total height, 8; height of vessel, 5J. Inscription: (in Roman capitals) EX DONO JOSEPHO Herne I701: Arms: (on vessel) a chevron ermine between three storks. Crest: a stork's head erased ducally gorged. (On lid) the arms of the College. 68. Tankard; Silver, I 706. Sidney Sussex Coll. There are plain mouldings round the base and lip. Marks: L of 1706-7; lion's head erased; Britannia; S P with pellet above and below. Weight: 2317 oz. Dimensions: height to top of thumb-piece, height to rim, 52; diameter of cup, 6; diameter of foot, 5. Inscription: Ex Dono Radulphi Cromwell ComenSALIS. Arms: (on one side) the arms of the College with: COLL. SID. below. (Opposite) a shield bearing a lion rampant. 69. Ewer; Silver, I 707. Pembroke Coll. A helmet-shaped ewer with Rococo ornament. Marks: L of 1706-7; Britannia; lion's head erased; M...