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 CATALOGUE 
 
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 PLATE 
 
 Exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 
 ' May 8, g, lo, i8gs. 
 
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CATALOGUE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LOAN COLLECTION OF PLATE 
 
CAMBRIDGE : 
 
 PRINTED BY J. AND C. F. CLAY, 
 AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
 
Under Revision, 
 
 Camftritise ^ntttiuartatt ^ocietp* 
 
 \i 
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LOAN COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 PLATE 
 
 Exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 
 May 8, g, lo, i8g^. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: 
 
 PRINTED AT TH^ UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
 
 1895 
 
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 In the following pages constant use is made of the list of 
 makers marks compiled by Mr W. J. Cripps, F.S.A., and 
 given in his Old English Plate. This is referred to as 
 " Cripps ", and the date under which the mark may be found is 
 also given. When the same author is quoted on other points, the 
 name of the work, Old English Plate, or. College and 
 Corporation Plate, is given. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 THE present Exhibition originated under the following 
 circumstances. In 1893, the Council of the Cambridge 
 Antiquarian Society appointed a Committee to make a cata- 
 logue of the Church Plate in the County. In the course of 
 their visits to the Colleges it was suggested to this Committee 
 that an exhibition of some of the finer pieces of plate there 
 preserved would be of general interest. This expression of 
 opinion was conveyed to the Council, who accepted the 
 suggestion, and requested four of their number to make the 
 necessary arrangements, to select the pieces that it would be 
 desirable to exhibit, and to prepare a catalogue of them. 
 The management of the Exhibition was placed in the hands 
 of a General Committee, representative of the County, 
 University, and Borough, and including the members of the 
 Council of the Society. The Committee tender their thanks 
 to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, to the Masters and 
 Fellows of the Colleges, to the Mayor, Town Clerk, and 
 Treasurer of the Borough, to the Incumbents and Church- 
 wardens of parishes in the Town and County, to the Earl of 
 Carysfort, Alderman Cockerell, Alderman Deck, Alderman 
 Redfern, Mr William Hanchett Hattersley, the Reverend 
 Samuel Ashton Thompson-Yates, M.A., Mr David Munsey 
 and other friends, for the liberality with which they have 
 placed at the disposal of the Committee the various objects 
 which are exhibited. . 
 
 The thanks of the Committee are also due to the 
 Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate for the use of the building. 
 
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 fo 'Cbflis^e'BlirSaTS and others for facilities afforded in ex- 
 amining and selecting objects for exhibition, to Mr David 
 Munsey and to Mr Alfred H. Sadd for the loan of some of 
 the cases, to the Technical Education Committee for the loan 
 of tables, to the Butlers of the different Colleges, and to the 
 Staff of the Fitzwilliam Museum for assistance rendered in 
 the arrangement of the Exhibition. 
 
 The collections of Plate belonging to the Colleges of 
 Cambridge have been formed chiefly by gifts from private 
 persons. The most interesting, perhaps, are the presents 
 made by the Founder of a College, or by others at the time 
 of the foundation. As instances of this class may be men- 
 tioned the splendid Plate left to Christ's College by the Lady 
 Margaret Beaufort, the tazza of Sir Walter Mildmay at 
 Emmanuel, the drinking-horn given to the Gild of Corpus 
 Christi and now the property of the College founded by that 
 Gild, the cup made of an ostrich's egg given by Henry 
 Tangmer to the same College, and the enamelled cup at 
 Trinity Hall. Sidney Sussex College also possesses Plate 
 presented by the Executors of the Foundress, and Gonville 
 and Caius College a sceptre given by its second Founder, 
 Dr Caius. Near to these in date and in historical interest, 
 are the gifts of Archbishop Parker to his own College, and 
 his New Year's Gifts to Gonville and Caius College and to 
 Trinity Hall. It should be observed, however, that more 
 than one piece of Plate known as the "Founder's Cup" is 
 really of a later date than the name would imply. 
 
 The greater part of the Plate of a later date than the 
 middle of the seventeenth century is due to gifts from mem- 
 bers of the foundation, or was bought with the sums which 
 it was usual for Fellow-Commoners to present on leaving 
 the College. As these sums were not always expended im- 
 mediately, the dates of the manufacture of the pieces do not 
 always agree with the date of the gift. Several examples 
 of this are noticeable amongst the exhibited pieces. 
 
 The University has suffered from the distractions and 
 revolutions which have from time to time affected the 
 
PREFACE. 7 
 
 Country. At the Reformation all that savoured of Popery- 
 was ruthlessly destroyed, and consequently no Sacramental 
 Plate of a date anterior to that epoch has survived. The 
 Colleges were also liberal contributors to the necessities of^ 
 King Charles the First, and records are in existence of the 
 amount of the Plate sent by them to the King at Oxford. 
 St John's College forwarded more than 2,000 ounces, and an 
 inventory of it has been printed by Professor Mayor in his 
 edition of Baker's History of the College. It is believed, 
 however, that this fell into the hands of the Parliament, and 
 that the like fate nearly befell that of Queens' College, which, 
 however, eventually reached the Royal Treasury. 
 
 Change of fashion has also largely affected the stores of 
 old Plate in the University. Several pieces have been recast ; 
 in many cases at the end of the seventeenth century. 
 
 The Plate now belonging to the Corporation of the 
 Borough consists of the fine Maces (presented at the be- 
 ginning of the last century), which form a prominent feature 
 of the Exhibition ; the small but interesting copper-gilt mace 
 of the time of Charles I. ; and the Mayor's Chain, the recent 
 gift of an old and grateful inhabitant of the Borough now 
 passed away. 
 
 A considerable number of articles for use at their feasts 
 were presented to the Corporation in the middle of the last 
 century by various members of its body. The reforming zeal 
 of the Councillors elected under different auspices caused the 
 dispersal of the collection in the year 1837 for an insignificant 
 sum. Efforts have been made to trace the present owners, 
 and the objects now exhibited are the result of the search, 
 but a large number cannot be found. An account of the 
 sale will be found in Cooper's- Annals under the year 
 mentioned. 
 
 As compared with the Secular Plate, the Ecclesiastical 
 Vessels of Cambridgeshire are plain in type, and not interesting 
 in character. The Commissioners of King Edward the Sixth 
 found the usual rich collections in the Churches, and carried 
 off the bulk for the royal 'use, leaving only sufficient in each 
 parish for the due performance of Divine Service. The lists 
 
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 of articles found by the Commissioners, and of those which 
 they allowed to remain for use, are preserved in the Public 
 Record Office. 
 
 The vessels spared by these Commissioners were destroyed 
 under the order of Archbishop Parker, which directed the 
 substitution of " decent communion cups " for the old chalices. 
 This order appears to have been carried out in this County 
 about the year 1569, as a large number of chalices and cover 
 patens of that date are preserved ; some typical specimens of 
 these are now exhibited. They are very largely by one 
 maker, who adopted as his mark a flat-fish. The progress of 
 his manufacture may be traced from the district round 
 Norwich, in which the cups of his making bear date 1567 or 
 1568, through this County, where they are dated 1569, to the 
 Isle of Ely and Northamptonshire, where they are of the 
 year 1570. The Cambridgeshire pieces were not assayed. 
 The only mark they bear is that of the maker, but the date is 
 usually inscribed on the foot of the paten, and sometimes 
 also after the name of the parish, which is generally engraved 
 on the bowl of the chalice. One example, the cover-paten 
 from Westley Waterless, bears unmistakeable evidence of 
 being the medieval paten altered to suit the new ideas. 
 
 The Thurible and Incense-ship, which once belonged to 
 Ramsey Abbey, are objects of extreme interest. These two 
 vessels, and the Chalice presented to Trinity College, Oxford, 
 by Sir Thomas Pope, and believed to have belonged to St 
 Alban's Abbey, are perhaps the only surviving specimens of 
 Plate known to have belonged to English Abbeys. 
 
I. 
 
 SECULAR. 
 
 1. Drinking Horn ; silver-gilt mounting, middle 
 
 OF 14th CENT. Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The horn is that of an ox ; the mounts consist of a 
 scalloped band nearly one inch deep round the lip; of a 
 battlemented band round the centre, carrying strap-shaped 
 supports to sustain the horn ; and of a terminal ornament 
 consisting of a crowned and bearded head rising from an 
 open-work battlemented turret. On the front of the horn is 
 an oval shield bearing the arms of the College; but this 
 and the rings on the central band are modern. The horn 
 originally had a cover. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : length, 24^ ; diameter at lip, 4^. 
 
 This horn was presented, probably about the year 1347, to the Gild of Corpus 
 Christi by John Goldcorne, Alderman of the Gild. The gild gave it to the 
 College, which was founded by this gild and that of the Blessed Virgin Mary 
 in 1352. 
 
 Figured in Archaeologia, Vol. iii., and in the Cambridge Portfolio, p. 296. 
 
 2. Beaker and Cover ; silver-gilt, middle of 
 
 14th CENT. Trinity Hall. 
 
 This is known as the Founder's Cup. It is plain, with 
 slightly curving sides ; round the middle of the cup is a 
 
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 harrow b^rfd Varmed of two rings of plain moulding, with a 
 small enrichment between them, the width of the whole 
 being | in. ; a similar band, but with only the upper ring of 
 moulding, runs round the foot. Inside, on the bottom of the 
 cup, is a device in translucent enamel. This consists of a 
 circle surrounded by three trefoiled arches, the whole formed 
 by a continuous band ; in the centre is a shield containing the 
 arms of the College in enamel, and in the spaces between the 
 arches are dragons ; the argent in the shield, the band forming 
 the outline of the design, and the dragons are in silver, the 
 spaces between being filled with enamel ; the colours of the 
 enamel are as follows : surrounding the shield, green, purple, 
 and [blue ?]; between the arches, green ; within the arches, 
 stars of white opaque enamel on a ground of blue translucent 
 enamel ; in the spandrels formed by the cusps, red. In some 
 of the divisions only very small fragments of the enamel 
 remain. The rim of the cover is surrounded by low broad 
 battlements, below which is a band of enrichment, similar to 
 that round the cup. On the print in the cover is a shield, 
 with the arms of the college in enamel, similar to that on 
 the bottom of the cup ; the print is surrounded by a band 
 of enrichment similar to that round the cup and cover. The 
 finial is supposed to have originally contained a jewel, which 
 has been lost ; its place is now filled by a bust of Pallas 
 Athene, in opal, presented by Mr H. W. Willett in 1893. 
 
 Marks: The only mark is that of the maker. This is an 
 oval shield, bearing, apparently, the following charges ir- 
 regularly placed : in base a lion rampant transfixed, in dexter 
 chief two keys in saltire, in sinister two [escallops .?]. 
 
 Weight: 18*29 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height, \\\ diameter at lip, i\%\ diameter 
 at base, 3|. 
 
 The founder, William Bateman, who according to tradition gave this cup to 
 the College, became Bishop of Norwich in 1344. He founded the College in 
 1350, and died in 1354, at Avignon. 
 
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SECULAR. 1 1 
 
 3. Cocoa-nut Cup ; silver-gilt xMounting, end of 
 14th cent. Gonville and Caius Coll, 
 
 A black cocoa-nut cup, with straight spreading Hp, \\ 
 deep ; the stem is trumpet shaped, and stands on a battle- 
 mented and traceried base, supported on the backs of three 
 seated lions ; the rim is connected with the stem by three 
 hinged bands with a cable-moulding down the centre ; the 
 edges of the mounting are worked into fleur-de-lis, but those 
 round the top of the stem are broken off; the upper part 
 of the stem is surrounded by five slight projections, giving 
 the effect of stepped gables ; on the flat part of the rim 
 is a very beautiful design of birds and scrolls of foliage, 
 worked in delicate stippling ; round the lower part of the 
 stem is a landscape of similar workmanship. The vertical 
 bands appear to have been renewed. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 9I ; height of stem and base 
 (including lions), 4J ; height of stem and base alone, 3| ; 
 depth of bowl, 3I ; diameter of lip, bowl, and base, 3^ ; 
 diameter of top of stem, i^. 
 
 4. Cocoa-nut Cup; silver-gilt mounting, 15th 
 CENT. Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 A black cocoa-nut. The base is late (probably quite 
 modern) and not gilt. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : height, j\ ; diameter of nut, 4 ; diameter of 
 foot, 2|. • 
 
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 5. Cocoa-nut Cup ; silver-gilt mounting, middle 
 OF 15th CENT. Gonville and Caius Coll. 
 
 The rim and stem are connected by hinged bands pierced 
 with quatrefoils ; the rim has slight enrichments ; three series 
 of long narrow tongues, or spurs, with their points down- 
 wards, surround the stem and foot ; the lower row and the 
 spaces between the points have a leaf ornament. The upper 
 part of the rim has perhaps been renewed. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 9*25 oz. (inscribed, "vij Q^iiS"). 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 8 ; height of stem, 3f ; depth of 
 cup, A^\ ; diameter of lip, 3J ; diameter of foot, 3f . 
 
 6. Standing Cup and Cover ; silver-gilt, 1435 — 
 1440. Christ's ColL 
 
 Known as the Foundress' Cup. The bowl, cover and 
 stem are ornamented with spiral bands, with a running en- 
 richment of oak, vine, and rose leaves, repousse ; a cresting 
 of leaves surrounds the cover and the base; on the print 
 within the cup is a shield of arms in translucent enamel ; the 
 cover is surmounted by a hexagonal finial with rope and 
 diaper patterns, and with six crocketed pinnacles ; the flat 
 top of the finial is engraved with the Tudor rose. The arms 
 fix the date of the cup as 1440, or a year or two earlier. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 3875 oz. 
 
 Dimertsions : height with cover, 12} ; diameter, 6\. 
 
 Arms: Humphry, Duke of Gloucester, impaHng those of 
 Eleanor Cobham of Sterborough, his second wife. 
 
 This is a piece of the plate left to the College by the Lady Margaret Beaufort, 
 Countess of Richmond and Derby, and mother of King Henry VII. She was the 
 only daughter and heiress of John Duke of Somerset, and was born in 1441. 
 After the death of her third husband in 1504, she founded in 1505 Christ's College, 
 
I. SECULAR. 13 
 
 and subsequently began the foundation of S. John's College, which was completed 
 by her executors as directed by her will. She died in 1509, and left all her plate 
 to be divided between her two colleges. 
 
 Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate and Old English Plate. 
 
 7. Cup; silver-gilt, early 15th cent. 
 
 Pembroke Coll, 
 
 Known as the Foundress' Cup. The cup has an expanded 
 lip, round the outside of which is the following inscription 
 in Gothic characters : — "Sayn • denes • yt • es • me • dre • for • 
 hes • lof • drenk • and • mak • gud • cher." Round the base 
 is a rope ornament formed of twisted wire, and above it a 
 cresting of leaves; encircling the stem is the following, "God • 
 help • at • ned," and on the sides a V. and an M., pro- 
 bably to designate the name of the college, which was 
 originally Valence-Marie. Within the cup is an open-work 
 boss, rising about an inch, on the top of which is engraved 
 the letter M. The cup was originally a mazer, with a bowl 
 of maple wood, but this was at some time broken and re- 
 placed by the present one of silver-gilt. Though called the 
 Foundress' Cup its date is long subsequent to her death. It 
 had a cover, which was in existence in 1546. 
 
 From a description in Publications of the Camb. Antiq. 
 Soc, 4to Series, No. XL, it appears that the base was removed 
 about 1844, but it has since been replaced. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 22' i oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 6f ; diameter at top, 6. 
 
 From an inventory in the College Register dated 1491 it appears that the cup 
 was given by Dr Richard Sokborn, who was elected Fellow in 1470, resigned 
 1478, and died at Soham in 1502. 
 
 Figured in Publ. Camb. Aiitiq. Soc, 4to Series, No. xi., without the base ; 
 Lysons' Britannia, Vol. Ii. ; and Sflaw's Decorations of the Middle Ages, with the 
 base. 
 
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 8. Cup ; silver-gilt, 1482. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 This is known as the " Anathema Cup." It is a plain 
 expanded cup on a trumpet-shaped foot, the base moulded, 
 and having a stamped running enrichment of riband-scroll 
 divided by roses ; a plain moulding encircles the upper part 
 of the stem, and above it are six hemispherical bosses ; the 
 print is engraved with a seeded rose surrounded by sprays 
 of foliage. The print is loose and is attached by a modern 
 screw. 
 
 Mark: D of 1481-2. (No other marks.) 
 
 Weight: 39-1 oz. (inscribed, "LXVII unc"). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8^ ; diameter at lip, 7 J. 
 
 Inscriptions: (in black letter) QUI ALIENAVERIT ANATHEMA 
 "SIT LXVII UNC ; and also the following below the former : — 
 T. LANGTON WINTON EPS AULE PENBROCHIE OLIM SOCII 
 DEBIT HAG TASSEA COOPTA EIDE AULE I497. 
 
 Thomas Langton was Bishop of Winchester from 1493 to 1500. 
 
 Figured in Pnbl. Camb. Ant. Soc, \\.o Series, No. XL; and Coll. and Corp. Plate. 
 
 9. Salt and Cover; silver-gilt, c. 1500. 
 
 Christ's Coll, 
 
 Hour-glass shaped, hexagonal in plan, with raised lobes 
 alternately ornamented with a large Tudor rose in repousse. 
 The central knop of the stem is enriched with rope and 
 diaper patterns, and has six pinnacles of similar work to those 
 on the finial of the cover of the Foundress' cup (No. 6) ; the 
 pyramidal lid has a Tudor rose at the top. 
 
 Marks : There is a mark on the salt and on the cover, but 
 it is nearly obliterated. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 9J ; diameter, 4|. 
 
 Weight : 24 oz. . 
 
 This is probably a part of the Foundress' bequest of plate. 
 Figured in Fubl. Camh. Antiq. Soc, 40 Series, No. xi. ; and Coll. and Corp 
 Plate. 
 
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 10. Salt and Cover ; silver-gilt. Christ's Coll. 
 
 Companion piece to No. 9, and of same size and workman- 
 ship. 
 
 Weight: 23-35 oz. 
 
 11. Mazer ^ ; silver-gilt mounting, late 14th 
 CENT. Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 Maplewood bowl with silver-gilt band i in. deep inside 
 and outside ; the band differs from any other known example, 
 being nearly vertical, with no mouldings except a plain 
 beading on the upper edge, from which rise three beautifully 
 worked strawberry leaves, originally intended to prevent the 
 cover falling off; no cover now exists. The pillar which 
 replaces the usual print in the centre of the bowl has a tube 
 inside it reaching nearly to its top and open at both ends, 
 and holes are pierced in the lowest member of the base of 
 the pillar. It is thus impossible to fill the mazer with wine, 
 as, on reaching the level of the top of the tube the liquor 
 begins to flow down it and escapes through the open end in 
 the bottom of the vessel. This arrangement is unique. 
 
 Marks: (none). 
 
 Dimensions : diameter of bowl, 5 ; depth of bowl, 2j ; 
 height, 2f ; diameter of foot, if. 
 
 This beautiful and curious mazer was given to the College by John Northwode, 
 who was admitted P'ellow before 1384. 
 Figured in Archaeologia, Vol. 50. 
 
 * The notes on this and on the three other mazers from Corpus Christi College 
 are taken from the descriptions given by Mr W. H. St John Hope, M.A., in 
 Archaeologia, Vol. 50. 
 
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 12. Mazer ; silver-gilt mounting, probably c. 
 1490. Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 Known as the " Cup of the Three Kings." Maplewood 
 bowl with silver-gilt band, 13^ deep outside and \\ deep 
 inside. The band is of the usual late form, with mouldings 
 studded with square four-leaved flowers ; it has a rayed 
 fringe inscribed with the names of the three kings, Jaspar, 
 Melchior, and Balthasar. The print is engraved with a squirrel 
 sitting on the back of a fish. This mazer is convertible into 
 a standing cup by means of a short silver socket piece with 
 three flanges. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions: diameter of bowl, 4f ; depth of bowl, if; 
 height of bowl, 5^ ; diameter of foot, 3^ ; height of foot, 3i. 
 
 Figured in Camb. Antiq. Soc. 4to Series, No. XI. 
 
 13. Mazer; silver-gilt mounting, c. 1500. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 Maplewood bowl, with characteristic late band of silver 
 gilt, i^ deep outside and i^ within ; the band has the usual 
 mouldings set with four-leaved flowers, and a rayed fringe. 
 There is no print, and it is quite clear that there never was 
 one. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Diameter of bowl, 4^ ; depth, i|. 
 
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 14. Mazer; silver-gilt, mounting, 1522. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 Maplewood bowl with silver-gilt band, i^ deep outside 
 and I inside. The band is of characteristic late form, with 
 plain mouldings and rayed fringe on its lower edge ; but the 
 lower band of mouldings has a hollow member studded 
 at short intervals with small balls. In the bottom is the 
 usual print ; in this case consisting of a somewhat rudely- 
 made silver-gilt socket with rayed plate beneath, 2| in 
 diameter, enclosing a silver plate f inch in diameter, engraved 
 with a five-leaved flower with surrounding sprigs enamelled 
 red and green. 
 
 Marks: (on the band) D of 152 1-2; the leopard's head 
 crowned ; the maker's mark, apparently a ragged staflf. 
 
 Diameter of bowl, 4| ; depth, if. 
 
 15. Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 152 i. 
 
 Christ's Coll, 
 
 The stem and bowl and a portion of the cover are orna- 
 mented with scale pattern in repousse ; the ornament at the 
 top of the cover is finished with six pinnacles, and has a 
 shield of arms in translucent enamel on its upper surface ; 
 round the foot and the rim of the cover are a cable moulding, 
 pierced quatrefoils, and low battlements. 
 
 Marks: C of 15 20-1 ; leopard's head crowned ; a crescent 
 and star (as in Cripps 15 16). 
 
 Weight: 23-84 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, G)\ ; diameter, 6. 
 
 Arms: Argent, on a bend sable, between three dragon's 
 heads of the second, three estoiles of the field, in chief a 
 crescent for difference. 
 
 a standing cup was left to the College by Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of 
 Canterbury (1575 — 1583), and it is thought that this may be that cup. The 
 shield of arms has not been identified, but it somewhat resembles that of William 
 Hughes, Bishop of St Asaph in Elizabeth's reign {Coll. and Corp. Plate). 
 
 Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate. 
 
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 16. Beaker and Cover; silver-gilt, 1507. 
 
 Christ's Coll. 
 
 The outside of the bowl is engraved with a diaper of 
 the Tudor rose, fleur-de-lis, and portcullis, with daisies or 
 marguerites at each interlacing of the pattern, in allusion to 
 the Foundress' name, Margaret. The cover is battlemented 
 and similarly diapered, and surmounted by a hexagonal 
 ornament, composed of six portcullises separated by pin- 
 nacles, with a finial of four marguerites and a Tudor rose. 
 The base is in form of a Tudor rose, \\ inches, deep, battle- 
 mented, ornamented with repousse bosses and stamped run- 
 ning enrichments, and having holes pierced round it, as if 
 some ornament now lost, had been formerly rivetted on. 
 
 Marks: K of 1506-7; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; a fish. 
 
 Weight: 19*65 oz. 
 
 Dimefisions : height with cover, g^ ; diameter of base, 5 J. 
 
 Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate. 
 
 17. Salt and Cover ; silver-gilt, i 508. 
 
 Christ's Coll. 
 
 Hour-glass shaped, hexagonal in plan, with raised lobes, 
 the alternate lobes engraved with the Tudor rose, portcullis 
 and fleur-de-lis in a diapered ground, the others plain. 
 Probably a piece of the Foundress* bequest of plate. 
 
 Mark : K of 1 507-8. 
 Weight: 17*53 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8§ ; diameter, 4J. 
 
 18. Apostle Spoons; silver-gilt, early i6th cent. 
 
 Christ's Coll. 
 
 A set of six apostle spoons ; probably Flemish work, a 
 portion of the Foundress' bequest of plate. The engravings 
 of the College arms in the bowls are modern. The set 
 
I. SECULAR. 19 
 
 comprises the Master spoon, S. Paul, S. Matthias, S. Bar- 
 tholomew, S. Jude or S. James the Less, S. Simon Zelotes. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weights : The Master spoon, 179 oz., the weights of the 
 other five vary from 1-54 oz. to v^ oz. f 
 
 Length of each, yf . 
 
 The other seven spoons of this set went to S. John's College on the division of 
 the Foundress' plate. 
 
 19. Cup with Cover; silver-gilt, 1532. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll, 
 
 The bowl has broad flutings with foliage on the alternate 
 flutes,, and arabesques round the neck ; the handles are in the 
 form of serpents ; the upper member of the foot is ornamented 
 with six medallions containing heads of Egyptian type with 
 arabesques between them ; below is an ornament formed of 
 a row of scales resting upon an ^g'g and tongue moulding, 
 both repousse ; the cover has a flat top surrounded by a 
 sunflower ornament ; on the top of the cover, and below the 
 foot are stippled the arms of Archbishop Parker, and the 
 initials M. C, for ''• Matthew Cantaur." 
 
 Marks: (on cover), O of 153 1-2 ; leopard's head ; IC with 
 orb and crescent between. (On bowl) N of 15 70-1 ; London 
 assay ; IP. 
 
 Weight: 12*35 oz. 
 
 Arms: on a chevron between three mullets three keys. 
 
 This piece and an exactly similar vessel without a cover, marked with the S 
 of 1555 and the maker's mark T in a shield, were given to the College by 
 Archbishop Parker. 
 
 Matthew Parker was born at Norwich in 1504. He was educated at Corpus 
 Christi College, of which he became Master in 1544. He was appointed Dean 
 of Lincoln in 1552. He had married in 1547. On the accession of Queen 
 Elizabeth he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. The manner of his 
 consecration, which is now known to have taken place on the 17th Dec, 1559, 
 in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, has been the subject of much controversy. He 
 died 17th May, 1575. Besides making gifts of plate to Trinity Hall, to Gonville 
 Hall and to his own College, he enriched the latter with his famous collection of 
 
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20 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 MSS. His orders for the destruction of * superstitious chalices ' which had been 
 • profaned by use at Mass ' and for the substitution of * decent cups,' were 
 carried out in Cambridgeshire in 1569, if we may judge by the number now 
 existing bearing that date. 
 
 20. Ewer and Dish; silver-gilt, 1546. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 Ewer. 
 
 The body is octagonal and engraved with arabesques. 
 The spout is angular and has a cover with a heart-shaped 
 orifice ; the cavetto moulding at the base is stamped with 
 an arabesque pattern, repeated in lengths of about \\ inches ; 
 the lid has a thumb-piece, and a boss in the centre with a 
 shield of arms in champleve enamel, surrounded by the 
 motto, and the initials M. P. (Matthew Parker). 
 
 Marks: H of 1545-6; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant; a maidenhead, (as in Cripps, 1545). 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 8f ; height of vessel, 7 ; diameter 
 at rim, 4|. 
 
 Arms: Az. on a cross arg. the letters I sa., for Christ 
 
 Church, Canterbury ; impaling gu. on a chevron arg. 
 between three keys of the same, three estoiles of six points 
 of the field, for Parker. Behind the shield, a crozier. 
 Motto: "MVNDvs transit et concvpicentia eius, I •570." 
 
 Dish. 
 
 The edge is engraved with foliated arabesques; the 
 centre similarly engraved and ornamented with a series of 
 depressions radiating from the central boss, the base of which 
 is repouss6 or stamped with a graceful pattern of interlaced 
 arabesques ; the top of the boss has a shield in champleve 
 enamel, with the arms of the donor, Archbishop Parker, and 
 his initials as on the Ewer. 
 
 Marks : same as on Ewer. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed " VNCI^ 122: D "). 
 
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 Dimensions : diameter, i8 ; width of rim, 2\ ; diameter of 
 print, 2 ; height, \\. 
 
 Inscription (under the salver in faintly stippled letters) : 
 
 MATTAEVS • CaNTVAR • DEBIT • COLLE° • CORPORIS • CHRI • 
 CANTAB . 1° • SEPT • A° 1 5/0 • CONSECR'^ • SV^E • 11° • ET • 
 ^TATIS • SViE 6^ ; and the weight quoted above. 
 
 Given with the Ewer to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
 21. Salt and Cover; silver-gilt, 1563. 
 
 Corpus Chinsti Coll. 
 
 Circular ; repousse in bold relief, with strap-work orna- 
 ment forming three cartouches containing satyr-masks, with 
 foliated pendants of fruit and flowers ; the whole finished in 
 a vigorous style with graver ; the base is similarly orna- 
 mented, and rests on three demi-monsters ; the cover is 
 repousse in the same style, with three cherubs' heads and 
 groups of fruit between them. It is surmounted by a finial, 
 formed of three grotesque sea monsters, projecting from a 
 base ; they support a dome-shaped top terminating in a head 
 perforated for use as a pepper castor ; immediately below 
 are three lions' head masks. The work of this finial is 
 unlike that of the rest of the salt. 
 
 Marks: E of 1562-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; D (as in Cripps, 1552). 
 
 Weight: 39*25 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, iij ; diameter, 6; depth of bowl, \\. 
 
 Inscriptions (round upper part of drum in stippled letters): 
 MaTTH^US • ArCHIEPUS • CaNTVARIENSIS • DEDIT • COL- 
 
 legio • Corporis • Christi • Cantabrigi^ • primo • Sep- 
 TEMBRIS • Anno • Dni • 1570;" round the lower portion is, 
 " SaLINUM • HOC • CUM • PIXIDE • PRO • PIPERE • IN • OPER- 
 
 culo • cum • 13 • coclearibus • deauratis • qu^ • hent 
 (habent) • Crum (Christum) • et • aplos (apostolos) • 
 ponderant oz. 64. 
 
 Given to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
22 
 
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 22. Apostle's Spoons ; silver-gilt, 1567. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 A set of thirteen. One spoon, representing probably the 
 figure of S. Paul, is earlier than the others and may have 
 served as a model. The detail is rather more delicate and 
 the nimbus is plain, the others being rayed. 
 
 Marks: On all except the S. Paul spoon. (On stem) I of 
 1566-7 ; lion pass ; a stag. (In bowl) leopard's head crowned. 
 On the S. Paul spoon. (On stem) S of 1515-6 ; a heart ; (in 
 bowl), leopard's head crowned. 
 Weight of one spoon : 1*85 oz. 
 
 Length: 7J. 
 
 These are doubtless the thirteen spoons alluded to in the inscription on the 
 Salt, as having been given by Archbishop Parker. 
 
 Figured in Coll, and Corp. Plate \ and Camb. Antiq. Soc, 4to Series, No. xi. 
 
 23. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, c. 1562. 
 
 Trinity Hall. 
 
 Round the body of the cup are rings of plain mouldings 
 and a broad band of arabesque ornament ; the bottom of the 
 cup, the cover, and the foot are scalloped ; the stem is bal- 
 uster shaped, is ornamented with acanthus, and has three 
 brackets of concave outline at the top ; the base of the cup 
 and the centre of the cover are ornamented with acanthus 
 leaves. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 34 oz. 
 
 Inscription (inside the Ewer, stippled) : -f- Matthaeus - 
 Cantuar • Dedit • AvLA • S Trinitat'^ • Cantab • 1° • Ian • 
 Anno • 1569 • Consec* • Svae • XP • et • ^tatis • Svae • 
 66. 
 
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 24. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1570. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 Richly ornamented over the whole surface with repousse, 
 and chasing ; the foot, baluster-shaped stem, and base in 
 which the cup rests are repousse with grotesque masks, fruit, 
 and flowers ; the drum is chased with a strap work pattern 
 and foliated arabesques, and has three medallions of repousse 
 containing female heads in high relief; the expanding lip is 
 also chased and has three cherub heads in relief The cover 
 is similarly ornamented with masks, fruit, and flowers, and 
 is surmounted by a statuette of a nude male figure leaning 
 on a rod, and holding a blank escutcheon ; within the cover 
 is engraved a male classical head in profile. Has been 
 mended with lead. 
 
 Marks, (on bowl and lid) : M of 1 569-70 ; leopard's head 
 crowned ; lion passant ; a bunch of grapes, (as in Cripps, 
 1568.) 
 
 Weight: 55*38 oz. (Inscribed "VNCIE 53.") 
 
 Dimensions : height, 2i| ; diameter at lip, 5f. 
 
 Inscription : (under the foot) + Matth^vs • Cantvar • 
 Dedit • CoLLEo . Corporis • Chri • Cantab • 1° • Jan' A^ • 
 
 DnI • 1569 . CONSEC'^ • SV^ • 11^ . ET . ^TATIS • Sv^ 66, 
 
 Given to the College by Archbishop Parker, 
 Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate; Old English Plate. 
 
 25. Tankard; silver-gilt, 1571. Trinity Hall. 
 
 Round the tankard are four raised bands enriched with 
 Elizabethan ornament ; between the middle bands are panels 
 formed of arabesques, with plaques of similar design in their 
 centres ; the dome-shaped lid is ornamented in a similar 
 manner, and is surmounted by a vase-shaped knob ; the 
 
24 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 handle is attached to the upper and to the third rings of 
 ornament. 
 
 Marks: N of 1570-71; London assay office; FR in 
 monogram (as in Cripps, 1568). 
 
 Weight: i6'08 oz. (inscribed " : VNCIS : 16°"). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 3f. 
 
 Inscription : (on the bottom, stippled) + Matth^US : 
 Archieps : Catuar : 1° : Ian : hP D^ 1571. 
 
 Arms, (on the bottom, stippled): those of Archbishop 
 Parker. 
 
 Given to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
 26. Tankard; silver-gilt, 1572. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The drum has two bands of arabesque ornament, re- 
 pousse, and finished with the graver, and three circular 
 medallions with masks in high relief within laurel wreaths ; 
 the lid and handle are similarly ornamented, and the former 
 has three helmeted masks ; a band of imbricated ornament 
 finishes the edge of the lid and surrounds the base of the 
 tankard ; this has been stamped in lengths and finished with 
 the graver. 
 
 Marks, (under vessel and on upper surface of lid) : O of 
 1 57 1-2; leopard's head crowned; lion passant; a dove in a 
 shaped shield. 
 
 Weight: 16*29 oz. (inscribed "VNCIS 16 d"). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 6^ ; diameter at top, 2|. 
 
 Inscriptions: (under tankard, in faintly stippled letters) 
 Mathaeus Archieps • Cantuar • debit • colle° • Cor- 
 poris • Chri • Cantabrig • I • Jan • A° • D • 1571. 
 
 Arms, (stippled); those of Archbishop Parker. 
 
 Given to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
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 27. Falcon Cup; silver-gilt, c. 1550. 
 
 Clare Coll, 
 
 A cup in the form of a falcon standing on an oblong 
 coffret as pedestal, and known as the " Falcon Cup." The 
 bird and lid of the coffer are wrought in repousse work, and 
 finished with the graver ; the sides of the coffer are engraved 
 with foliated grotesques, and in front is a medallion with 
 laurelled bust ; ring handles, in monsters' heads, are attached 
 to the ends ; the coffer had formerly four compartments. The 
 bird is so arranged as to stand without the pedestal. Pro- 
 bably made in Antwerp {Coll. and Corp. Plate, and Rosenberg, 
 Der Goldschmeide Merkzeicheri). 
 
 Marks : (under cover) C ; a raised hand and a crown, 
 (mark of Antwerp Assay Office) ; Pan-pipes in a shield 
 (maker's mark). 
 
 Height, \\\. 
 
 This cup, and the tankard (No. 28), were left to the College by Dr William 
 Butler, a former Fellow, physician to James I., and celebrated in his time. 
 Fuller, in his Worthies, says of him that **he was better pleased with presents 
 than money, loved what was pretty rather than what was costly, and preferred 
 rarities before riches." Dr Butler died in 161 7, aged 83. The cups are referred 
 to in college documents, from that time downwards, as " Dr Butler's falcon 
 cup," and **Dr Butler's crystal cup." 
 
 28. Tankard ; parcel-gilt mounting, probably late 
 1 6th CENT. Clare Coll 
 
 Known as the " Poison Cup." The drum is made of 
 glass, enclosed in silver filigree, to which the upper and lower 
 mounts are hinged ; the base, supported on three cherubs' 
 heads, is engraved with foliated ornaments, and has a band 
 of repousse arabesque, with masks and strapwork entwined 
 with wreaths, and supporting birds ; the upper mount, form- 
 ing the lip, is similarly ornamented ; the cover is set with a 
 
26 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 conical crystal, surrounded with a band of silver filigree. 
 The thumb-piece is a demi-angel with outspread wings. 
 The upper part of the handle is engraved with arabesques ; 
 below the annulet is an acanthus. This cup was one of those 
 called " poison cups," from a belief that poison poured into 
 it would be detected by the glass bursting, and the crystal 
 in the lid becoming discoloured. It has been supposed by 
 some that this tankard is German work, but it is considered 
 by Mr Cripps {Coll. and Corp, Plate) to be English. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Height: 7. 
 
 Inscription: (on bottom) AUL : DE CLARE. 
 
 Given to the College by Dr Butler. 
 
 29. Sceptre; silver, c. 1560. 
 
 Gonville and Caius Coll. 
 
 This caduceus consists of a slender rod with a small boss 
 at each end. Attached to the head and rod are four serpents, 
 forming brackets. On the bosses are shields of arms in enamel. 
 These are minute, but appear to be semee of flower gentil. 
 A small ring surrounds the rod about five inches from its 
 lower end, forming a handle. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions: total length, 24I ; length of head, 2\\ length 
 of handle, 5. 
 
 The case is contemporary ; it is covered with leather, and 
 lined with yellow velvet. The cushion, also contemporary, 
 is covered with yellow silk, and has a heavy fringe of knot 
 work in brown silk. 
 
 This caduceus, or sceptre, was presented by Dr Caius to the College of 
 Physicians whilst he was President. On refounding Gonville Hall as Gonville 
 and Caius College he presented a new sceptre to the College of Physicians, and 
 gave this one to its present possessors. The cushion forms a rest for the sceptre, 
 or perhaps for one of the other emblems of the President's authority which 
 Dr Caius introduced at the College of Physicians. 
 
I. SECULAR. 27 
 
 30. Tazza; silver-gilt, 1573. Christ's Coll. 
 
 The cup stands on a baluster stem, fluted and chased ; 
 the bowl is ornamented with a diaper of interlacing lines of 
 small circular dots produced by a punch, with a larger circular 
 punch mark in the centre of each compartment ; a grotesque 
 monster's head is engraved on the print ; on the rim is en- 
 graved the portcullis and rose. 
 
 Marks: P of 1572-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; a trefoil (as in Cripps, 1572). 
 
 Weight: 7-85 oz. (inscribed " 7 • 18 • 00 • 8 "). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4I ; diameter, 5f . 
 
 31. Cup formed of an Ostrich Egg ; silver 
 MOUNTING, 1593. Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The cup stands on a base ornamented with enriched 
 mouldings and sea-monsters in relief; the stem is in the form 
 of a twisted tree trunk ; the ^^^ is enclosed in a small saucer 
 connected by three bands with the rim ; the saucer is en- 
 graved with cherubs' heads and arabesques; the bands and 
 lower part of the rim have simple engraved patterns; the 
 upper part of the rim (about i;^ high) is engraved with sea- 
 monsters and a shield of arms. The cover is made from a 
 different &gg, it has a rim with enriched mouldings and is 
 engraved with representations of insects ; the rim is con- 
 nected by three bands, similar to those round the cup, to a 
 finial, probably of the same date as the base. This piece was 
 originally gilt, but none of the gilding remains. The ^^'g 
 has been broken. The cup is preserved in a box, shaped 
 to fit it, of wood covered with stamped leather; the case is 
 divided vertically and opens on an iron hinge; it formerly 
 had a strap as a handle. 
 
 MarkSy (on base): P of 1592-3; lion passant; leopard's 
 liead crowned ; RW with pellet above in shield (as in Cripps, 
 
28 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 1 592, who, however, omits the pellet). The same on the rim. 
 None on the cover. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 15; height of vessel, 1 1| ; 
 diameter of rim, 3f ; diameter of base, 4f ; diameter of 
 egg, 5i. 
 
 Anns (on upper part of rim): Party per pale, three crowns 
 in pale, impaling a cross fleury cantoned by four escallops 
 with initials R-B. 
 
 Although none of the mounting of this cup appears to be earlier than the date 
 indicated by the Hall mark, namely 1592-3, the shell itself is much older. It was 
 originally given to the gild of Corpus Christi by Henry Tangmer, burgess of 
 Cambridge and a brother of the gild, in 1342. It was used for carrying the Host, 
 probably in the great annual procession through the town on the Feast of Corpus 
 Christi ; it was called the Gripes eye. It was broken some time between 1553 
 and 1557, — possibly on the occasion of the canopy which was held over it in 
 the procession catching fire, — but was repaired between 1557 and 1569. It is 
 said to have been again repaired at the expense of Richard Fletcher when Bishop 
 of Bristol, that is, between 1589 and 1592. This tradition is supported by the 
 evidence of the date-letter. 
 
 32. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1593. 
 Vice- Chancellor of the University. 
 
 Known as the Essex Cup. A wide shallow bowl on an 
 oviform stem with a flat foot ; the cover is domical with a 
 tapering finial. The cover and bowl are each surrounded by 
 a simple wreath ; they and the knop of the stem and the foot 
 are divided into large checkers, the spaces being alternately 
 plain and hatched. The finial and the edges of the cover and 
 base have enriched mouldings. 
 
 Marks, (on lip): P of 1592-3; leopard's head crowned; 
 lion passant; IG in monogram, in a shield (as in Cripps, 
 1 591). The marks inside the cover are nearly obliterated, 
 but they are clearly the same as those on the cup ; they are 
 on a piece of metal which has been separated from the rest 
 of the cover, probably during repairs. 
 
I. SECULAR. 29 
 
 Weight: cup, 40*2 oz.; cover, 21 oz. ; total, 6 12 oz. (in- 
 scribed, " OUNZ 62 "). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, i/f ; height of cup, ii|; depth 
 of bowl, 4| ; diameter of bowl, ^\ ; diameter of foot, 5{. 
 
 Inscription, (round edge of bowl, stippled, in Roman 
 capitals): ROB • COM • ESSEX • COM • MARESCH • ANGLIC • 
 CANCEL • CANT • ACAD . DEDIT • PROCANCEL^ . SVCCESSIVE • 
 A . RR.ELTZ • 40 • 1598. 
 
 Arms: (on bowl, stippled) Quarterly, ist, a fess three 
 torteaux in chief; 2nd, a cross engrailed cantoned by four 
 water bougets ; 3rd, France modern and England quarterly 
 within a bordure ; 4th, an escarbuncle. The shield is en- 
 circled by the Garter, and surmounted by a coronet. 
 
 Robert Devereux, K.G., second Earl of Essex, was born in 1567, and was 
 educated at Trinity College. He was made Earl Marshal of England in about 
 1597 and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1598. He was beheaded 
 25 Feb. 1 600-1. He married the widow of Sir Philip Sidney, by whom he had 
 a son Robert, the Parliamentary General. 
 
 33. Tankard; silver-gilt mountings, late i6th 
 CENT. Clare Coll. 
 
 A tankard of serpentine, known as the " Serpentine Cup." 
 The marble has been turned in a lathe ; it has slight annular 
 mouldings and a spreading foot ; it tapers slightly outside, 
 but is cylindrical inside ; the handle is metal, and is secured 
 by two metal bands surrounding the vessel ; the lip, lid, and 
 base are also metal ; the lid is domical ; it has a finial and is 
 ornamented with three grotesque heads in shields, with strap 
 work, fruit and flowers between in repousse ; the thumb- 
 piece is a grotesque figure ; the lip is engraved with birds, 
 the handle with arabesques ; the ring below the lip has a 
 stamped enrichment ; the lower ring has plain mouldings ; 
 the foot an enriched moulding. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, /f ; height of vessel, 5| ; depth, 
 5 ; diameter of lip, 3 ; diameter of foot, 4J. 
 
30 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 34. Tazza and Cover ; silver-gilt, late i 6th cent. 
 
 Emmanuel Coll, 
 
 Known as the 'Founder's Cup.' The bowl is plain 
 around the lip, but surrounded lower down with a twisted 
 cable, below which there are three large shells, between shell- 
 fish, all in high relief; harpies with upstretched arms appear 
 to support the bowl ; the upper part of the knop of the stem 
 is repousse, in high relief, with a mass of fruits, and the lower 
 part with four masks, between which are scroll-like arms ; 
 the foot is circular and ornamented with scroll-work and 
 grotesques, repousse. The bowl is double, the interior being 
 richly worked in repousse and chasing, with nude figures and 
 marine monsters. The cover is repousse with shells, the print 
 inside it has a coat of arms in translucent enamel, the shield 
 being set in green enamel. The finial is supported by four 
 demi-seahorses, and is surmounted by a heart-shaped enamel- 
 led escutcheon, containing on one side a coat of arms, and on 
 the other the initials W M, for Walter Mildmay, knotted 
 together, the whole surmounted by a helm and crest. 
 
 Marks: the marks on the lip of the bowl are almost 
 illegible, but they appear to be as follows : a lion's head 
 affrontee, not crowned ; a Gothic T and a very indistinct mark 
 in a hexagon. Although the several pieces of which the cup 
 is formed are easily separable, the marks are not repeated on 
 any of them. 
 
 Weight: cup, 63-5 oz. ; cover, 3395 oz. ; total, 97*45 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 15^; height of cup, 7J ; depth 
 of bowl to boss, J; diameter of cover, 10; diameter of base, 6. 
 
 Arms: (on print in cover), Quarterly, ist, arg. three lions 
 rampant az. ; 2nd, arg. on a canton or, a mullet [purpure .?] ; 
 3rd, az. a chevron embattled or, between three roses arg. 
 seeded or ; 4th, per fess nebulee or and sable, three grey- 
 hounds' heads coupee counterchanged collared of the first. 
 (On finial): as in 4th quarter of the above difterenced by 
 
I. SECULAR. 31 
 
 a mullet. Crest: on a helmet affrontee with visor closed, a 
 lion's head erased gorged. 
 
 This cup was given to the College by the founder, Sir Walter Mildmay 
 (1522—89). 
 
 Figured in Coll. and Corp. Plate; and Publ, Catnb. Antiq. Soc. 4to series, 
 No. XI. 
 
 35. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1603. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The- bowl is straight sided, and is ornamented with ara- 
 besques round the lip, and with a coat of arms between two 
 skulls ; it is supported by three brackets on a vase-shaped 
 stem with a swelling foot ; the stem is ornamented with 
 shells, and enriched mouldings surround the lower parts of 
 the cover, bowl, and foot. On the top of the cover is the 
 figure of a soldier, armed with a spear and shield. 
 
 Marks: E of 1602-3 ; London Assay ; AB (as in Cripps, 
 1602). 
 
 Weight: iri oz. (inscribed " ii^"^^"). 
 
 Dimefisions : total height, 11^; height of cup, /y^g^ ; depth 
 of bowl, 3{ ; diameter of bowl, 3 J ; diameter of foot, 2>^^- 
 
 Inscription: EX DONO JOHANNIS CHAMPERNOWNE. 
 
 Arms: Quarterly of twenty: ist, ermine, a saltire vair; 
 2nd, arg. three bendlets or ; 3rd, arg. two chevrons or, in a 
 canton a mullet ; 4th, two lions passant ; 5th, a chevron or 
 between three birds ; 6th, on a chevron between three birds' 
 {} hawks) heads erased three acorns ; 7th, a chevron engrailed 
 between three birds ; 8th, three corbs {}) ; 9th, a chevron 
 ermine between three birds; loth, three birds' heads erased; 
 I ith, two bars nebule {}) ; 12th, as no. 4, on a bordure eight 
 saltires; 13th, a castle; 14th, Vairy; 15th, three fleur-de-lis; 
 1 6th, a fess, in chief three pawns; 17th, a trellis; i8th, as 
 no. I ; 19th, on a bend three horseshoes ; 20th, an eagle 
 displayed. Crest, (over the shield on the cover): a swan 
 issuing from a ducal crown. 
 
32 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 36. Standing Cup; silver-gilt, 1607. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 A shallow cup on stem. Arabesque ornaments engraved 
 round the lip both inside and outside, and a head in the 
 centre of the bowl. The stem is conical with expanded top, 
 and from it rise three arms of serpentine form which support 
 the bowl. The domical foot is ornamented with repousse 
 work. 
 
 Marks: I of 1606-7 ; London Assay ; CB in a shield (as 
 in Cripps, 1606). 
 
 Weight: 8*17 oz. (inscribed "8°" i d"). 
 
 Inscription, (on side of bowl in stippled letters) : COLL • 
 CORPU • CHRISTI. 
 
 37. Ewer and Basin; silver-gilt, 1607. 
 
 Sidney Sussex Coll. 
 
 Ewer. 
 
 The bowl is contracted in the middle, the upper part is 
 ornamented with cartouches containing sea-monsters, and 
 surrounded by strap work, flowers, marks, &c. ; the base and 
 neck are similarly enriched ; the lower part of the bowl is 
 ornamented with acanthus ; all in bold repousse ; there are 
 numerous enriched mouldings ; the upper part of the handle 
 is formed of a grotesque female bust. 
 
 Marks, (on neck): I of 1606-7; lion passant; leopard's 
 head crowned ; R W with a pellet below (as in Cripps, 1605). 
 Weight: 52-1 oz. 
 Dimensions: total height, 16J; greatest diameter, about 6. 
 
 Crest, stippled under the lip: a talbot's head erased 
 collared. 
 
i. secular. 33 
 
 Basin. 
 
 Ornamented with sea-monsters, shells, cherubs' heads, 
 flowers, &c., and enriched mouldings, in the centre a boss 
 engraved in stippling with a shield of arms. 
 
 Marks : the same as on Ewer. ( 
 
 Dimensions : diameter, 19J ; width of rim, if ; height, 2| ; 
 depth to boss, |. 
 
 Weight: 93 '8 oz. 
 
 Inscription : (round boss, in Roman capitals, stippled) 
 EX DONO TOANNIS HARINGTON EQVITIS AVRITI ORDINIS 
 BALNEI FILII ET HAEREDIS lOANNIS BARONIS DE EXTON. 
 
 Arms: Quarterly, ist and 4th, a fret, 2nd and 3rd, [arg.] 
 two thigh-bones in saltire [sa.] between four pears [or], a 
 bordure engr. [of the second], for Kelway. Crest : a talbot's 
 head erased collared. 
 
 Sir John Harington, K.B,, second Baron Harington of Exton, was son of the 
 first Lord by Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Kelway. He was, through 
 his mother, related to the Foundress, who made his father and the Earl of Kent 
 her executors. He died 27 Feb. 16 13 — 4, aged 21. 
 
 38. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1608. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with expanding 
 flutings ; on the upper part are three cartouches containing 
 sea-monsters in relief; between two of them is a blank shield. 
 The stem has a knop formed of three plain bosses alternating 
 with scallop shells in relief The base is high and ornamented 
 with flutings similar to those on the bowl, and has a stamped 
 enrichment on the lowest moulding. On the cover are car- 
 touches similar to those on the bowl, and a finial consisting of 
 a triangular spire supported on grotesques. Has been re- 
 cently regilt. 
 
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34 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Marks, (on lip and cover): K of 1607-8; leopard's head 
 crowned; lion passant; T W in monogram (as in Cripps, 
 1607). 
 
 Weight: with cover, 25 oz. (inscribed, " 15 ONC") 
 
 Dimensions: total height, I5i; height of vessel, 8f ; depth 
 of bowl, 3| ; diameter of bowl, \\ ; diameter of foot, 3J. 
 
 Inscription, {round lip in stippled letters): MUNUSCULU 
 DUORU FRATRU RO ET TO IN 9^^' 1607 + COLLEGIU COR- 
 PORIS Christi. 
 
 The inscription refers to Robert and Thomas Ogle of Lincolnshire, members 
 of the College in 1 607. 
 
 39. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1609. 
 
 Trinity Hall. 
 
 Known as Bishop Barlow's Cup. The upper part of the 
 bowl is ornamented with fleur-de-lis and scallop shells and 
 a blank shield ; the lower part with leaves ; the stem is 
 baluster-shaped, with three grotesque brackets on a high 
 pedestal foot with ornament similar to that on the bowl. 
 The cover is domical, v/ith similar ornament ; its finial con- 
 sists of a female figure with a spear, supported by three 
 grotesques like those on the stem. 
 
 Marks, (on cover and lip of bowl): L of 1608-9: lion 
 passant ; leopard's head crowned ; T C, with three pellets 
 above and one below, in a shield (as in Cripps, 161 3). 
 
 Weight: 38-6 oz. (inscribed under foot " • 39 • OUNCES. 
 •i6i3-")- 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 20J ; height of cup, 14I ; dia- 
 meter of bowl, 5| ; diameter of foot, 4f ; depth of bowl, 5§. 
 
 Given to the college by William Barlow, a native of Lancashire, and a 
 member of the college. He became Bishop of Rochester, whence he was 
 translated in 1608 to the see of Lincoln. He died in 16 13. 
 
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 40. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1609. 
 
 Corpus Christi Coll. 
 
 The bowl is supported on a vase-shaped stem, with three 
 brackets ; the cover is domical, and surmounted by a pierced 
 triangular spire with a finial ; the bowl, cover, and base are 
 ornamented with leaves. 
 
 Marks: L of 1608-9; London Assay; I S on a line 
 above a crescent (as in Cripps, 1608, where however the line 
 is omitted). 
 
 Weight: 2939 oz. (inscribed " xxr"- "). 
 
 Dimensions: height of cup, iij ; diameter, 51 ; diameter 
 of foot, 4^ ; height of cover, 6|. 
 
 Inscription, (round lip) : Ex DONO JOH • IegON • EPI : 
 Nor : Martii X • An : Dom : 1614." 
 
 John Jegon was Master of Corpus Christi College from 1590 to 1602, and 
 Bishop of Norwich from 1602 till 161 8. 
 
 41. Tazza ; silver-gilt, i 6 i o. Christ's Coll. 
 
 Of similar size, character, and workmanship to No. 30. 
 Marks: M of 1609-10; lion passant; leopard's head; 
 (maker's mark illegible). 
 
 Weight: 8-43 oz. (inscribed, "8 • 13 • 12"). 
 
 42. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1610. 
 
 Sidney Sussex Coll. 
 
 The bowl is ornamented with a formal arrangement of 
 flowers and trellis work, of excellent design, and with shields 
 of arms ; the stem is baluster shaped with three grotesque 
 brackets ; the base is ornamented with flowers and leaves ; 
 the domical cover is surrounded by a scroll of foliage, and 
 surmounted by a pierced triangular spire, also resting on 
 three grotesque brackets. 
 
 3—2 
 
36 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Marks: N of 1 610-11; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; W R over a rainbow (as in Cripps, 1608). 
 Weight: (from College Plate-book) 69 oz. 3 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, i/f; height of cup, \2\ ; depth 
 of bowl, 4f ; diameter of cup, \\ ; diameter of foot, 4f . 
 
 Arms: (on bowl) arms of the College; also arms of the 
 Earl of Kent, viz., Quarterly of six, ist, barry of six arg. and 
 purp., in chief three roundles ; 2nd, a manche ; 3rd, arg. three 
 piles in point az. ; 4th, three garbs, two and one ; 5th, three 
 leopards' heads jessant de lys ; 6th, barry of six, an orle of 
 martlets. The shield is surmounted by an Earl's coronet. 
 
 This cup was given to the College by Henry, Earl of Kent, one of the 
 Executors of the Foundress. 
 
 43. Standing Cup; silver, i6i6. Trinity Coll. 
 
 Known as the Nevile Cup. The bowl is hemispherical ; 
 the stem is baluster shaped. Two of its members are discs 
 with bosses on their edges. There are three grotesque 
 brackets at its top, and it has a high base. The lower part 
 of the bowl was renewed in 1871, and the thumb screw, by 
 which it is fastened to the stem, was then added. 
 
 Marks: (on lip) S of 161 5-16; lion passant; leopard's 
 head crowned. (Maker) A B in a shield (as in Cripps, 1602). 
 Weight: 94-80 (inscribed under base " 124 les 2 "). 
 
 Dimensions: height, i6|; diameter of bowl, io| ; diameter 
 of base, 6f ; depth of bowl, 6^. 
 
 Liscription : (in Italian script) " Ex DONO TllOMAE 
 Nevile sacrae Theologiae Doctoris, Decani Can- 
 tuariensis, et hujus Collegii magistri." 
 
 Arms: (on bowl) Quarterly of nine ; ist, on a cross gules, 
 a rose ; 2nd, frettee a canton ermine ; 3rd, ermine a lion 
 rampant ; 4th, ermine, in chief a crescent (probably for dif- 
 ference) ; 5th, per fess dancett^ arg. and vert ; 6th, three 
 crescents between eight cross crosslets ; 7th, quarterly arg. 
 and vert, over all a bend ; 8th, three bars, on a bordure, ten 
 
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 birds (? ducks) ; 9th, on a chevron, three crosses formee. 
 Motto: Neuile UELIS. (Opposite), the arms of the College. 
 
 Thomas Nevile, D.D., one of the greatest benefactors to Trinity College, was 
 Master of Magdalene College from 1582 to 1593, and of Trinity from 1593 till his 
 death in 16:5. 
 
 44. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 16 17. 
 
 St Johns Coll. 
 
 A tall cup on a baluster stem, with six grotesque brackets 
 attached ; the lip is enlarged and engraved ; the bowl, base, 
 and cover are ornamented with grotesques, amorini, lions' 
 heads, fruit, &c., in repousse, enclosing medallions with my- 
 thological figures also in repousse ; the cover is surmounted 
 by a figure of LJercules on a pedestal, supported by three 
 grotesque brackets, and three dolphins form brackets for the 
 base. The top of the stem is formed into a deep socket to 
 receive the bowl. 
 
 Marks: (on lip and cover) T of 1616-7 ; ^^o" passant; 
 leopard's head crowned ; (on lip) a trefoil in an irregular oval 
 ring. 
 
 Weight: cup, 654 oz. ; cover, 27 oz. ; total, 92*4 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 24I ; height of vessel, 1 5f ; 
 depth of bowl, 6^ ; diameter of lip, 6| ; diameter of bowl, 3J ; 
 diameter of foot, 6J. 
 
 45. Standing Cup; silver-gilt, 161 7. 
 
 Corpus Christi ColL 
 
 A small cup on a tall spindle-shaped stem, with three 
 cherub brackets at the top. The bowl is ornamented with 
 leaves, in repousse work, rising from the base. There is 
 slight engraving round the rim. The base is flat and 
 ornamented with similar leaves to those on the bowl. The 
 gilding is almost gone. 
 
 Marks: (on rim) T of 1616-7; ^i^n passant; leopard's 
 
2,8 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 head crowned. R between two pellets, with W below (as in 
 Cripps, 1 6x6). Lion passant repeated under foot. 
 
 Weight: 875 oz. (inscribed "9°""). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8 J ; diameter of bowl, 3^ ; depth of 
 bowl, 3I ; diameter of foot, 3^^. 
 
 Inscriptions: (stippled on rim) WILLIAM JOHNSON, 1616 ; 
 and Coll. Corp. Christi. 
 
 Arms: (stippled on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, a canton 
 charged with a bird ; 2nd and 3rd, a chevron between three 
 crescents. 
 
 William Johnson, adm. 1608, A.M. 1615. 
 
 46. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1619. 
 
 Emmanuel Coll. 
 
 The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with acanthus 
 leaves repousse, and the upper part with strap-work scrolls 
 engraved ; the stem is baluster shaped ; two members are 
 discs with bosses on the edges ; the upper of these and the 
 knop are connected by grotesque brackets. The high base 
 and the domical cover are ornamented in a similar manner 
 to the bowl ; the finial is a square open-work spire on four 
 grotesques, and with brackets of similar form at the top ; it 
 appears to have been originally surmounted by a figure. 
 
 Marks: (on lip) A of 1618-9 ; lion passant; leopard's 
 head crowned ; IS with a pellet below in a shaped shield. 
 The lion passant is repeated under the foot, the three other 
 marks on the cover. 
 
 Weight: 33-35 oz. 
 
 Dimensio7zs : total height, 18J; height of vessel, 12J; 
 depth of bowl, 5 ; diameter of lip, 4| ; diameter of foot, 4J. 
 
 Arms: (stippled on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, three 
 gauntlets ; 2nd and 3rd, a saltire, on the fess point a rose. 
 Impaling, quarterly, ist and 4th, three lions rampant; 2nd 
 and 3rd, Ranches, two crosses pattee. Inscribed below (in 
 script), Mildmay Fane. 
 
I. SECULAR. 39 
 
 47. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1629. 
 
 Christ's Coll. 
 
 r 
 
 The lower part of the bowl is ornamented with six up- 
 right leaves, repousse ; the upper part is engraved with strap 
 ornament ; on the plain part between is a shield bearing the 
 arms of the Montagues, and, opposite, their crest ; the stem 
 is baluster shaped, with engraved ornament, and has three 
 grotesque brackets ; the base has leaf and strap ornaments 
 similar to those on bowl, and enriched mouldings round the 
 lower part ; the cover is ornamented with leaves similar to 
 those on bowl and base ; the finial consists of a square open- 
 work spire supported by four grotesques standing on a cir- 
 cular base, with enriched mouldings; it is surmounted by a 
 figure of Britannia holding a trident and a shield bearing the 
 Union Jack. 
 
 Marks: L of 1628-9; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; T F as a monogram in a shield. 
 
 Weight : (this cannot be tested, as the hollow base is filled 
 with a block of wood. An inscription states that it is 62 oz, 
 
 4 dwt.). 
 
 Diniejisions : total height, 25| ; height of cup, 16^; dia- 
 meter of bowl, 6| ; depth of bowl, 6. 
 
 Inscriptio7is : (on lip, stippled) "Ex DONO GeorGII MON- 
 TAGUE D HENRICI COMITIS Mancestri^ filii natu 
 QUINTI." (Under foot) " 62 oz. 4 dwt." 
 
 Arms: az. three fusils conjoined in fess arg. Crest: a 
 demi-gryphon collared. 
 
 George Montagu, fifth son of Henry Montagu, (created Earl of Manchester, 
 
 5 Feb. 1625 — 26,) by his third wife, whom he married 26 Apr. 1620. 
 
40 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 48. Tankard; silver-gilt, 1636. Trinity Hall. 
 
 Marks: S of 1635-6. London Assay. Maker's mark 
 doubtful, possibly lilies growing out of a pot. 
 
 Weight: 4574 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, %\ ; diameter at lip, 4| ; diameter of 
 base, 5|. 
 
 Inscription: (in front, in script) Minimum E MULTIS 
 DONUM ViRI DE hoc COLLEGIO / OPTIME MERITI ThOM/E 
 EdENI LeGUM DOCTORIS / EJUSDEMQVE CUSTODIS VlGl- 
 LANTISSIML 
 
 Arms: (above inscription) on a fess between two chevrons 
 charged with three escallops as many garbs, a crescent in the 
 honour point for difference. Crest: a demi-dragon couped 
 holding a branch of a rose tree with three blooms, slipped. 
 
 Thomas Eden, LL.D., was Master of Trinity Hall 1626 — 1645. 
 
 49. Standing Cup; silver, 1637. Queens Coll. 
 
 Known as the Compton Cup. A plain cup, the bowl 
 covered with stippling ; a baluster stem, with flame ornament 
 engraved on the top member. 
 
 Marks: on lip T of 1636-7 ; lion passant ; leopard's head 
 
 crowned ; ^y with a pellet on each side of the R. 
 
 Weight: 46*25 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, \2\ ; depth of bowl, 6 ; diameter 
 of bowl, 6 ; diameter of foot, 6\. 
 
 Inscription: (on lip) Ex DONO PR/ENOBILIS JACOBI DO- 
 MINI Compton honoratissimi Comitis Northamptoni/E 
 FILIJ Natu Maximi. 
 
 Arms: (on one side of the bowl) the arms granted to the 
 College in 1575; (on the other side of the bowl) the Compton 
 Arms, viz., a lion passant regardant between three helms, 
 differenced with a label of three points. 
 
I. SECULAR. 41 
 
 50. Cup and Cover; silver, 1658. 
 
 Peterhouse. 
 
 This is a straight-sided cup, with two handles in the form 
 of female figures ; the ornament on the sides is divided into 
 panels filled with stiff foliage ; the cover is ornamented with 
 similar foliage and has a plain knop. 
 
 Marks: V of 1657-8; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; A F in an irregular shield. 
 
 Weight: 36*95 oz. 
 
 Difirensions : total height, 7^; height of cup, 6 ; diameter 
 of lip, 4j ; diameter of foot, 7J. 
 
 Inscription: (in script) DONUM JOHANNIS EPISCOPI / 
 DUNELM NUPER MAGISTRI / HUJUS COLLEGII A« / D^' 
 MDCLXI : 
 
 Arms: (on one side) the Arms of the College, with PE- 
 CULUM MAGISTRI COLL. S^ PETRI. (On the Other side) the 
 Arms of the See of Durham, impaling, or, a fret. Crests : on 
 helm dexter a bishop's mitre, sinister a bird volant. 
 
 The inscri}ition refers to John Cosin, D.D., Master of Peterhouse from 1635 
 till 1644, when he was ejected; restored in 1660, in which year he was appointed 
 to the Bishopric of Durham. He died in 1674. 
 
 51. Caudle Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, i66i. 
 
 Emmanuel ColL 
 
 The lower part of the bowl and the cover are ornamented 
 with fruit and flowers, repousse ; the handles are crowned 
 with female busts ; the cover has a knob formed of four gro- 
 tesque heads. The inside is not gilt. 
 
 Marks: C of 1660-1 ; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; T A with a star and two pellets below, in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 33*84 oz. 
 
 Dimeitsions: height, 4J ; diameter at lip, 5J; greatest 
 diameter, 6| ; diameter at base, \\. 
 
42 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Inscription: (on bowl, in script) Ex BONO Henrici Fane 
 FiLIJ 3^'^ COMITIS WESTMORLAND!^. 
 
 Arms: Quarterly of sixteen : ist, three gauntlets ; 2nd, a 
 chevron engrailed between three rings ; 3rd, a chief, over all 
 a crowned lion rampant ; 4th, a cross ; in the dexter chief, an 
 escocheon bearing three chevronels ; 5th, a bend between six 
 fleur-de-lis; 6th, quarterly, first and fourth, az. two pallets 
 arg., second and third, ermine ; 7th, on a chief two wiverns' 
 heads erased ; 8th, two lions passant ; 9th, a saltire on the 
 fess point a rose ; lOth, frettee, a canton ermine ; nth, a fess 
 between six cross crosslets ; 1 2th, barry of eight, arg. and gu. ; 
 13th, a lion rampant; 14th, cheque, arg. and vert; 15th 
 quarterly, first and fourth, a plain shield, second and third, 
 a fret, over all a bend ; i6th, three chevronels. Crest: out 
 of a ducal crown, a bull's head couped issuant, differenced 
 with a rose. Motto: NE VILE FANO. 
 
 52. Porringer and Cover ; silver, probably c. 
 1670. Trinity Hall. 
 
 The bowl is ornamented with acanthus and laurel leaves 
 springing from the base. The cover is flat with ornament 
 similar to that on the bowl. The knop is surrounded by 
 acanthus leaves. 
 
 Marks : (on lip) maker TH with a star below. The T is 
 doubtful. This mark appears to be repeated four times, but 
 there are no others. 
 
 Weight: 32*88 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 7f ; height without cover, 51 ; 
 diameter, 6|. 
 
 Inscriptions : (round rim of cover and on bowl) Ex DONO 
 JoHANNis Sudbury comensalis 1677; (on bowl) Aul 
 Trin. 
 
 Arms: (of Donor.?) a talbot passant in a bordure en- 
 grailed. 
 
I. SECULAR. 43 
 
 53. Three Tankards; pewter, c. 167 i. 
 
 Kings ColL 
 
 Maker's mark : RB 1671 and a dove with an olive branch. 
 
 These pieces are inscribed with the College arms and 
 PKC. They all have the same maker's mark ; their heights 
 are respectively 8f , 8^, and 5^. 
 
 54. Tankard ; silver, 1682. Kings Coll. 
 
 This has an ornament of acanthus leaves on the moulding 
 round the rim and also round the base ; the thumb piece is 
 formed of two dolphins intertwined ; a whistle handle. 
 
 Marks: D of 1681-2; leopard's head crowned; lion passant. 
 The maker's mark, which only occurs on the lid, is illegible. 
 
 Weight : (inscribed on the bottom) 34"8. 
 
 Height: (vessel only) 5^. 
 
 Inscription: (on vessel) Ex DONO Henrici Lyttelton 
 
 GENEROSL ANNO DOMINI i68i. 
 
 Anns : (above inscription), in mantling of palm leaves the 
 Lyttelton arms: Quarterly, ist, a chevron between three 
 escallops ; 2nd, two lions passant ; 3rd, a lion rampant in a 
 bordure engrailed ; 4th, the Royal arms of 1681 in a bordure 
 for difference. Crest: a negro's head couped. Motto: Vng 
 DiEV / Vng ROY. (On lid) the College arms in a mantling of 
 palm leaves and CoLL. REGAL. 
 
 55. Tankard; silver, 1683. Queens Coll. 
 
 The bowl and cover are ornamented with pseudo-Chinese 
 designs and with shields of arms. 
 
 Marks: (on lip and lid) E of 1682-3; lion passant; 
 leopard's head crowned ; PM with a pellet between, a star 
 above, and a fleur-de-lis below in a quatrefoil. (The last 
 mark is repeated on the handle.) 
 
 Weight : 40*6 oz. 
 
44 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 8; height of vessel, 6; diameter 
 at lip, 5| ; diameter at foot, 6\. 
 
 Inscriptions: (in Italian script) Ex DONO Mattei Ducie 
 MoRETON Genero^^ • and Coll Regin Cant : 
 
 Arms : the arms granted to the College in 1575 and a 
 shield bearing : a chevron between three buckles ; on a shield 
 of pretence two lions passant gardant. Crest: on an esquire's 
 helmet, a demi-cock displayed. 
 
 56. Standing Cup and Cover; silver-gilt, 1684. 
 
 St Johns Coll. 
 
 Known as the " Burleigh Cup." The bowl stands on a 
 baluster stem and is engraved with quasi-Chinese scenes and 
 shields of arms ; on the foot is engraved foliage ; the cover is 
 ornamented with Chinese figures similar to those on the bowl 
 and with shields of arms &c., and is surmounted by a female 
 figure clothed in a chiton and holding a rod. 
 
 Marks: E of 1683-4; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant; AH with star above and crescent below, in a shield 
 (as in Cripps, 1681). 
 
 Weight: cup, 9825 oz.; cover, i6'5. 
 
 Dimeftsions : total height, 22J; height of cup, i6f ; depth 
 of bowl, 7f^g ; diameter of bowl, 8^ ; diameter of foot, 7|. 
 
 Inscriptions : (round foot, in Roman capitals) EX DONO 
 ILLUSTRISSIMI JACOBI COMITIS SARISBVRICE VICE COMITIS 
 CRANBVRN ET BARONIS CECILL DE ESSENDINE • (on pedestal 
 of cover) COLL • S^ JOHN • CANTAB. 
 
 A rms : (on bowl) the arms of the College ; (on bowl and 
 cover) the arms of Cecil, viz.: Barry of ten arg. and gu. six 
 shields three two and one, each bearing a lion rampant. 
 Supporters : two lions rampant ermine. The shield sur- 
 mounted by an Earl's coronet. Motto : (on bowl) SERO SED 
 SERIO. Crest: (on cover) six crossed arrows bound together 
 at the centre surmounted by a shield, over all is an Earl's 
 coronet. 
 
I. SECULAR. 45 
 
 57. Tankard; silver, 1691. Kings Coll. 
 
 Marks: (on cup and lid) N of 1690-1 ; leopard's head; 
 Hon passant; IS with mullet underneath. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed underneath) d*^ oz. 5 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 9^; height of vessel, 7; diameter^ 
 inside, 5J. 
 
 Inscription: (on vessel) Legavit J. GERARD / A • M • 
 NUPER socius / Coll • Regal • Ann • Doni • 1690. (On 
 handle) 2. 
 
 Arms: (on vessel) a shield bearing a saltire (arms of 
 Donor ?) ; (on lid) the arms of the College and COLL. Regal. 
 
 58. Punch Bowl and Cover; silver, 1692. 
 
 Trinity Coll. 
 
 The surface of the bowl is ornamented with ten spiral 
 scallops with plain convex surfaces ; the spaces between have 
 a slightly granular surface ; the hanging handles are held in 
 the mouths of lions. 
 
 Marks: O of 1691-2; leopard's head crowned; lion passant; 
 R • C • between six pellets in a beaded ellipse (as in Cripps, 
 
 1684). 
 
 Weight: (from College Plate-book) 1150Z. 10 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 13; height of bowl, 8f, diameter 
 of bowl, 13I ; diameter of base, 7J. 
 
 Inscription : (on the panel of the bowl next to the College 
 arms) Ex DoNO Caroli Firebrace Arm : et Georgii 
 Fratris / EJUS FiLiORUM Dni Basilii / Firebrace Mili- 
 Tis & / Baronetti. 
 
 Arms: (inside bowl) on a bend between two roses, three 
 crescents ; (in one of the panels) the College arms^ ; (on 
 cover) the College arms [as on bowl]. Crest: (on cover, on 
 opposite side) a portcullis held by a dexter arm in plate 
 armour counter embowed. 
 
 ^ The lion is not ejardant. 
 
46 PLATE EXHIRTTTON 1 895. 
 
 59. MoNTEiTH ; SILVER, 1 698. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 The bowl has hanging handles ; the rim, which was move- 
 able, has been fastened to the bowl ; it has eight depressions 
 with heads between them, and is fluted and ornamented with 
 two medallions bearing shields of arms. 
 
 Marks: (on rim and on bowl) B of 1697-8; lion's head 
 erased; Britannia; A Ne [for Anthony Nelme. Cripps, 1700]. 
 
 Weight: S4'7S oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height, 8; internal diameter, 9I; total depth, 
 7^; depth of rim, 2. 
 
 Inscription: (underneath) Edmundus FILIUS Natu Max- 
 iMus / RoBERTi Bacon Baronetti / de Redgrave in 
 Agro Suffolciensi dedit / AuL. Pemb. Cant. 
 
 Arms: (on one side of bowl) per pale arg. and three 
 
 lions rampant. In chief counterchanged a rose and thistle. 
 (On the other side) Quarterly, ist and 4th, gu. on a chief arg. 
 two mullets ; 2nd and 3rd, barry of six or and az., over all 
 a bend gu.; on a shield of pretence the hand of Ulster. 
 Crest: a boar passant ermine. 
 
 60. Ewer and Basin; silver-gilt, probably 17th 
 cent. St Johns Coll. 
 
 Ewer. 
 
 The ewer is octagonal and is ornamented with foliated 
 afabesques, masks, and strap work, repousse. A portion of 
 the stem seems to have been renewed or repaired. 
 
 Marks: (on base) a pine-apple [Augsburg assay] ; a mark 
 resembling a St Andrew's cross with a bar joining the upper 
 ends of the limbs and with a pellet above, in a shield (nearly 
 identical with the mark given by Rosenberg under the year 
 
 1615). 
 
 Weight : 30*6 oz. 
 Height: 9J. 
 
I. SECULAR. 47 
 
 Inscription : (on ewer and inside lid) COLL DIVI JOHAN • 
 CANT. 
 
 Crest: (on lid, faintly stippled) a crowned lion rampant. 
 
 Basin. 
 
 The Basin is octagonal and is ornamented in a similar 
 style to the ewer ; the centre is raised to receive the base of 
 the ewer, and on either side of it is a winged amorino 
 seated. 
 
 Marks : (on the raised centre) as on ewer. 
 
 Weight: 47*25 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: length, \^\\ width, 13^; height, if. 
 
 Inscription: (round centre) Ex DONO Edwardi VlL- 
 LIERS, GENEROSI 167I, and COLLEGIUM DiVI JOHANNIS 
 
 Cant. 
 
 Arms: (on raised centre) a Cross charged with five 
 escallops. (Beneath the dish), the Arms of the College. 
 
 61. Salver; silver, probably 17th cent. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 The edge is bossed into twenty scallops, each containing a 
 flower ; the centre boss has a fluted border, and is surrounded 
 by a garland on which birds are perched. The decoration is 
 beaten out from below, but the lines and the raised surfaces 
 are enriched by tooling on the upper surface, giving a very, 
 brilliant effect. Portuguese work, 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 28*1 oz. 
 
 Ditneftsions : height, ij; diameter, i^\. 
 
 Inscription: (underneath, partly illegible) Ex DONO Chr. 
 
 MiLLES DE NaCKINTON ARM [.?] IN COM . . . CANTII : 
 
 AuL : Pemb[roke] Co Soc : Apud Cantab : a : d. 
 
 1730- . 
 
48 PLATE EXIIIRITTON 1 895. 
 
 62. Tankard ; silver, i 700. Trinity Coll. 
 
 There is a spiral fluting round the lower part of the 
 tankard and the edge of the lid ; an enriched band encircles 
 the plain portion above the fluting. 
 
 Marks: (on lip and on lid) D of 1699-1700; Britannia; 
 lion's head erased ; KE with two pellets above and a star 
 below, in a shield. 
 
 Weight : 52 oz. 14 dwt. (inscribed beneath, "55:5 "). 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 9f ; height of bowl, y\\ diameter 
 of top, 6\ ; diameter of base, 6|. 
 
 Inscription: (in Italian script) Ex DONO Thomae ALS- 
 TON Armig filii natu : maximi Rowlandi Allston 
 Baronett' de Woodhill in Com Bedford. 
 
 Arms: ten estoiles 4, 3, 2, i. Crest: on a wreath a 
 crescent with an estoile of six points. Also, the arms of the 
 College, and : COLL : Trin : Cant. 
 
 63. Snuff Box ; silver, i 700. St Johns Coll. 
 
 Marks: (on side) D of 1699-1700; Britannia; lion's 
 head erased ; S O in an oval. 
 
 Dimensions : length. 51 ; width, 4^; height, i^. 
 
 Inscription: (on lid) Ex DONO Christopheri Blakis- 
 TON L.L.B. Coll : Div : Johan : Evang: 
 
 Arms: (on lid) Barry of four, in chief three cocks. Crest: 
 a cock. 
 
 64. Mace; copper-gilt, 1625-1648. 
 
 Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 A very small, but elegant municipal mace of medieval 
 type, the handle retaining in the three projecting plates the 
 form of the primitive head ; the shaft is surrounded by three 
 moulded bands ; the head is of hemispherical form, broad in 
 
I. SECULAR. 49 
 
 proportion to its length ; it is divided into four sections by 
 moulded bands connecting the shaft with the rim ; the four 
 divisions contain the letters C R, a rose, and an arched 
 crown ; the rim was formerly surrounded by a cresting of 
 alternate crosses and fleur-de-lis, six of each, | in. high ; all 
 of them are broken off or mutilated, and the plate which^ 
 doubtless covered the head is missing. 
 
 Dimensions: total length, including cresting, lO;^; length 
 of shaft, 7f ; length of head, \\\ diameter of head, 2\\ 
 diameter of shaft, ■^. 
 
 65. Great Mace and Rest. 
 
 Corporation of Cambridge, 
 
 Mace ; silver-gilt, i 7 it . 
 
 A large mace with an arched crown. The head or bowl 
 is divided into four sections by scrolls surmounted by demi- 
 human figures; the compartments contain, (i) the rose and 
 thistle, (2) the fleur-de-lis, (3) the harp, — each surmounted by 
 a crown between the letters A R ; (4) the Arms of the 
 Borough. On the cover of the head are the Royal Arms 
 encircled by the badge and motto of the order of the Garter 
 and surmounted by a crown between the letters A R ; below 
 is the motto " semper EADEM." The bowl is surrounded by 
 a cresting of alternate maltese crosses and fleur-de-lis, four of 
 each ; the arches of the crown are perhaps later than the rest. 
 Below the head are four grotesque brackets rising from the 
 upper knop, which is ornamented with acanthus and laurel ; 
 there is another knop at the middle of the shaft, and a large 
 foot, the upper half concave, the lower half convex ; both 
 knop and foot are ornamented with acanthus. 
 
 Marks: P of 1710-1 ; lion's head erased; Britannia; Py 
 with a crown and a rose above [for Benjamin Pyne. Cripps, 
 1 701]. These appear under the bowl — the lion's head twice — 
 and on the cover; the lion's head and maker's mark are 
 repeated on the necking, central knop, and foot, the maker's 
 
 4 
 
50 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 mark alone on the tip of the bowl and the upper and lower 
 parts of the shaft. 
 
 Weight: (stippled inscription under the bowl, "155 17"). 
 
 Total length: 52|. 
 
 Arms: on cover, the Royal Arms, viz.: Quarterly, 
 1st and 4th, England and Scotland impaled ; 2nd, France 
 modern ; 3rd, Ireland. Supporters : Dexter, lion crowned ; 
 sinister, unicorn royally gorged and chained. Crown above. 
 On bowl, arms of the Borough. 
 
 Rest ; silver-gilt and iron. 
 
 A forked iron support with the end made to drop into a 
 socket ; the shaft has a small ring at the back and another at 
 the side. In front of the fork is placed a silver-gilt escutcheon 
 charged with the royal arms as on the Mace, with the same 
 mottos and supporters, and having for the crest a crowned 
 lion passant gardant on a crown surmounting a helmet. 
 
 Marks : same as on Mace. 
 
 Weight: (stippled inscription on back, "25-8"). 
 
 This Mace and Rest were given to the town in 1710 by Samuel Shepheard, 
 jun., Esq., of Exning, one of the Members of Parliament for the Borough. He 
 was elected to represent the County in 1724. 
 
 66. Four Maces; silver-gilt, 1724. 
 
 Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 These four smaller maces are similar in character to the 
 great mace. They are all identical in design, date and size. 
 One of them may be described as follows : 
 
 The head is ornamented, like that of the great mace, with 
 the Royal badges and the Arms of the Borough, but with 
 the initials G R instead of A R. On the cover of the bowl 
 are the Royal Arms. 
 
 Marks: H of 1723 ; lion passant ; leopard's head crowned 
 P with a crown above, in a shield of irregular shape [for 
 
I. SECULAR. 5 1 
 
 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, 1702. Kings 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, 8J ; height of vessel, 5|. 
 
 Inscription: (in Roman capitals) EX DONO JOSEPHO 
 HERNE 1701 : 
 
 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: 23-17 oz. 
 
 4-2 
 
52 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Dimensions: height to top of thumb-piece, 7| ; height to 
 rim, 5f ; diameter of cup, 6{ ; diameter of foot, 5. 
 
 Inscription: Ex DONO Radulphi Cromwell Comen- 
 
 SALIS. 
 
 Arms: (on one side) the arms of the College with : COLL. 
 SID. below. (Opposite) a shield bearing a lion rampant. 
 
 69. Ewer; silver, 1707. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 A helmet-shaped ewer with Rococo ornament. 
 Marks: L of 1706-7 ; Britannia ; lion's head erased ; M A 
 with a crown above and a mullet below. 
 
 Weight: 50-25 oz. (inscribed " 51. : 18"). 
 
 Inscription: Ex DONO RiCHARDI Belward Aul : 
 PEMB : COMMENSALIS. 
 
 70. Beaker; silver, 1711. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Marks: P of 1710-1 ; Britannia; lion's head erased; S:H 
 with a pellet above and below in a lozenge [for Alice Sheene. 
 Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: 14-5 oz. (inscribed " 18°^ : 17^^'"). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4| ; diameter at lip, 3f ; diameter at 
 foot, 3|. 
 
 Inscription: (below shield) Gault : ROWLAND / 
 Canham : 1656 : D. 
 
 Arms: (on one side of cup) Quarterly of nine: ist, on a 
 chevron three estoiles ; 2nd, a cross fleur-de-lisee over all 
 a bend, thereon three buckles ; 3rd, (undecipherable, probably 
 a wreath); 4th, a bend ragule between two garbs; 5th, a 
 bend between three estoiles ; 6th, a chevron between three 
 sinister hands appaume ; 7th, a fess between six fleurs-de-lis ; 
 8th, a trellis and a canton ermine; 9th, a chevron between 
 three rabbits. (On opposite side) the arms of the College 
 and : "Aul : Pemb : Cant." 
 
i. . secular. 53 
 
 71. Snuffers' Tray; silver, 17 15. 
 
 Pembroke Coll, 
 
 An oblong tray on four feet and with handles. 
 Marks: (in dish) T of 1 7 14-5 ; Britannia; lion's head 
 erased ; A Ne (for Anthony Nelme. Cripps, under 1700). 
 
 Weight: 7*19 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : length, 7 ; width, 3 J. 
 
 Inscription : Ex BONO Fl Fl / MuNDY DE / Markeaton / 
 
 IN AGRO / DeRBIENSI / ArMIGERI / FILII NATU MAXIMI / 
 
 AuL Pemb Commensalis. 
 
 Anns: (on dexter side of inscription) a shield of arms, 
 probably of donor : In chief three birds' claws. (On sinister 
 side) the arms of the College. 
 
 72. Cup and Cover; silver, 1716. 
 
 Pembroke ColL 
 
 A two-handled cup with plain mouldings round the 
 middle and round the rim of the cover; on the top of the 
 cover is a dolphin. 
 
 Marks: V of 17 15-6; Britannia; lion's head erased; 
 [mark of David Willaume. Cripps, 1706]. 
 
 Weight : 6 1 '40 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height of cup, 7|; height of cover, 4|f ; 
 diameter at lip, 6 ; diameter at foot, 4J. 
 
 Inscription : (on side of cup, in script) Ex DONO GUILIELMI 
 GoDOLPHiN Armigeri, Aula Fembroc. / Commensalis, 
 FiLii Natu Maximi, Francisci Godolphin / Armigeri, 
 SiLUORUM Insularum Prefecti, 171 2. 
 
 Arms: (above inscription) a double-headed eagle dis- 
 played between three fleurs-de-lis. (On the other side) the 
 arms of the College, with " Pem. Hall." 
 
54 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 73. Cup and Cover ; silver-gilt, c. i 7 i 7. 
 
 Clare Coll. 
 
 Known as the " Tipping Cup." A two-handled cup ; the 
 lower part of the bowl and the cover are ornamented with 
 stiff foliage in applique work ; the knop of the cover and the 
 foot are gadrooned. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 39 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 8^; height of vessel, 5 J ; diame- 
 ter of bowl, 5 J ; diameter of foot, 3 J. 
 
 Inscription: (on bowl, in script) Ex DoNO Thomae 
 Tipping / Armig. 17 17. 
 
 Arms: (above the foregoing) on a bend engrailed three 
 pheons. Crest: a goat's head issuing out of a crown. (On 
 base) the College arms, and : COLL : CLARE / CANT : 
 
 74. Salt; silver, 1718. Gonville and Caius Coll. 
 
 Small octagonal salt with oval depression. One of a set 
 of six. 
 
 Marks: B of 17 17-8; Britannia; lion's head erased; Bi, 
 in Gothic characters, with a trefoil above and a pellet below. 
 
 Weight: the weights of the six salts are inscribed on the 
 bottoms of the pieces. They vary from 3 oz. 14 dwt. to 3 oz. 
 17 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions : height, i inch ; length of top, 2^ ; length of 
 base, 2\. 
 
 Inscription: (on one side) In USUM CUSTODI COLL. 
 GoNv. & Caius. 
 
 Arms: (on opposite side) these are presumably those of 
 the donor. They are much obliterated, but appear to consist 
 of impaled arms having in the dexter side a chevron charged 
 with a roundel, and on the sinister, a fess with other bearings 
 which are undecipherable. 
 
 There is a set of spoons, one of which is modern, belonging 
 to the salts ; they are not marked. 
 
I. SECULAR. 55 
 
 75. Mug; silver, 1720. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Marks: D of 1719-20; Britannia; lion's head erased; 
 S L [for Gabriel Sleath]. 
 
 Weight : 14 oz. (inscribed " 16 oz. : 13 dw."). ^ 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4| ; diameter at lip, 3y^^ ; diameter at 
 foot, 3|. 
 
 Inscription: (in front) AUL : PEMB : Rl : VENABLES : 
 DEBIT. 16 oz. : 13 dw. 
 
 Arms: (above inscription) two shields, one charged with 
 the College arms ; the other : Barry of five. 
 
 76. Salt; silver, 1721. Pembroke ColL 
 
 Circular, without any ornament. 
 
 Marks: E of 1720-1 ; Britannia; lion's head erased; Fl 
 with crown over [for Wm Fleming. Cripps, 17 15]. 
 
 Weight: 2*6 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, ij; diameter, 2|f. 
 
 Inscriptions: nearly obliterated (on one side) Ex DONO 
 lOHN GOUGH. (Opposite) Pemb. 
 
 77. Cup; silver, 1722. Pembroke ColL 
 
 A two-handled cup of the Britannia standard after it had 
 ceased to be compulsory. 
 
 Marks: F of 172 1-2; lion's head erased; Britannia; FA 
 [for William Fawdery. Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: 1 1*44 oz. (inscribed "pr. 23 : 15 "). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 3f ; diameter at lip, 4^ ; diameter at 
 base, 3| ; depth of bowl, 2|. 
 
 Inscription: Ex DONO Tho : Chiffinch F'lLIJ UNICI 
 Tho : Chiffinch Armigeri de Northflret {sic^ in 
 Com : Cant : Aul : Pemb : Commensalis. 
 
56 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Arms: (on one side) the arms of the College and : AUL 
 PEMB. (On the other side) a shield bearing, or, in a chief 
 embattled three lions' heads affrontees. 
 
 Crest : a demi-dragon coupee carrying a key. 
 
 78. Beaker; silver, 1723. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 A heavy cup, made of the Britannia standard two years 
 after it had ceased to be compulsory. 
 
 Marks: G of 1722-3; Britannia; lion's head erased; 
 [maker, Gabriel Sleath]. 
 
 Weight: 18*57 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 5^^ ; internal diameter at top, 3^ ; 
 ditto at bottom, 4. 
 
 Inscription: Hoc & ALTERUM IDEM POCULUM DONO 
 DEDiT Joannes Thom's / de Tremaine in agro Cornu- 
 
 BIENSI ArMIGER / HUJUSCE COLLEGIJ COMENSALIS / ANNO 
 
 Dni (1785). 
 
 Arms: per pale nebule, argent and azure. (On opposite 
 side) the arms of the College and : AUL : PEMB : Cant : 
 
 79. Punch Strainer; silver, 1727. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Marks: L of 1726-7. London Assay Office. S.*L 
 [(.?) Sleath]. 
 
 Weight: 4*15 oz. 
 
 Inscribed on handles, PEMB : AUL : 
 
 80. Sauce Boat ; silver, 1 729. St John's Coll. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1728-9; [maker, Gabriel Sleath]. 
 London Assay. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed) 14 oz. 2 dwt. 
 
 Inscription: "The gift of John Searl, FelL-Commr." 
 
I. SECULAR. 57 
 
 81. Fork ; silver, 1 734. Jesus Coll. 
 
 Marks: S of 1733-4; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant. P H with acorn above (Paul Hanet. See Cripps, 
 1725). 
 
 Weight: (inscribed 44 : 10; probably the weight of the 
 set). 
 
 Inscription: (round handle) Ex • BONO • JOHANNIS • 
 Merrill • Arm • Coll • Jesu • Cant • commensalis • AM • 
 1735. 
 
 Arms: (on back of handle) the arms of the College. (On 
 front) or a bend gules, in chief a cross crosslet. 
 
 82. Salt ; silver, i 734. Trinity Coll. 
 
 " The four arms are common to salts of this period, and 
 were inserted for the purpose of supporting a napkin to 
 preserve the salt from dirt or from the possible introduction 
 of poison." (Cripps, Old English Plate.) 
 
 Marks: S of I y ^^-4. London Assay Office. F S. 
 
 Weight: 91 oz. i dwt. (College books); (inscribed under 
 920. 15 d.) 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 8| ; height of vessel, 6| ; total 
 diameter, 9J ; diameter of hollow, 5 J ; depth of hollow, 2\. 
 
 Inscriptions : (on top) 
 
 Ex DONO JAC. DUPORT S. T. P. 
 
 in usum mensae Vice Magistrl 
 
 (Below) : e^^ere ev eavToi^; a\a^ 
 
 Kat eiprfvevere ev aWrjXot^. 
 
 Arms: (on left-hand side) the arms of the College. (On 
 right) the arms of the donor : Per chevron embattled, in 
 chief, a crescent and estoile, in base, a lion rampant. Above, 
 a crest. 
 
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58 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 83. Knife; silver handle, c. 1735. Jesus ColL 
 
 Weight: inscribed "44-10," probably referring to the set. 
 Length: total loj; length of handle, 3J. 
 
 hiscription: Ex • DONO . JOHANNIS • MERRILL • ARM • 
 
 COLL • Jesu • Cant • commensalis • & a • m • 1735. 
 
 Arms : (on handle) on one side the College arms ; on the 
 other those of the donor. • 
 
 84. Muffineer; silver, 1727. Jesus Coll. 
 
 Marks: L of 1726-7 ; lion passant ; leopard's head crowned ; 
 T. B. in an oval. (The lion and maker's mark are repeated 
 on the cap.) 
 
 Height: 8}. 
 
 Inscribed : COLL : JESU : CANTAB : 
 
 85. Muffineer; silver, 1737. Jesus Coll. 
 
 Marks: A of 1736-7; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant. 
 
 Height: 8f. 
 
 Inscribed : COLL : JESU CANTAB : 
 
 86. Muffineer; silver, 1739. Jesus Coll. 
 
 Marks: C of 1738-9; leopard's head crowned; lion passant; 
 WS. The lion and maker's mark are repeated on the 
 sprinkler. 
 
 Height: 6|. 
 
 Inscribed : COLL : JESU : CANTAB : 
 
SECULAR. 
 
 59 
 
 87. Muffineer; silver, 1784. Jesus Coll, 
 
 Marks: (on foot) H of 1783-4; lion passant; [leopard's 
 head crowned, nearly obliterated] ; T D in an oval. (The 
 lion passant and maker's mark are repeated on the cap.) 
 
 Height: 7f. 
 
 Inscription: (on bowl, in script) Dedit IN USUM Mensa 
 [Sociorum.?] / [Jacobus..?] Winstanley de [Brans- 
 ton.?] / IN COMITATU LeICESTRIAE ArMIGER. 
 
 Arms: (on neck) the arms of the College with : COLL JESU 
 above and a shield bearing : Barry of four, on a chief three 
 crosses pattee. Crest : (over 2nd shield) obliterated. 
 
 The inscription has been partly obliterated. 
 
 88. Muffineer; silver, 1784. Jesus Coll. 
 Marks : as last piece. 
 
 Height: 6f. 
 
 Inscription and arms : as last piece. 
 
 89. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1740. 
 
 Clare Coll. 
 
 Known as the " Ashburnham Cup." A two-handled cup 
 by Paul Lamerie. The handles formed of two female figures 
 of bold design. Inside of bowl gilt. 
 
 Marks: D of 1739-40. London Assay Office. [Maker, 
 Paul Lamerie]. 
 
 W eight \ 9075 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 14^; height of vessel, 8f ; depth 
 of bowl, 6J ; diameter of bowl, 6|; diameter of foot, 5f. 
 
 Inscription: (on bowl) THE GIFT OF JOHN Earl OF 
 Ashburnham to Clare Hall in Cambridge 1744. 
 
 Achievement of arms: (on bowl) gules a fess argent 
 between six mullets. Supporters: Two greyhounds collared. 
 Over the shield, an earl's coronet. (On the opposite side of 
 the bowl) the College Arms. 
 
6o PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 90. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1746. 
 
 Clare Coll. 
 
 Two-handled cup with ornament of fruit and foliage. 
 Marks: K of 1745-6. London Assay Office. E G [for 
 El. Godfrey. Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: 59-85 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, I2|; height of vessel, 8 ; depth 
 of bowl, 6J ; diameter of bowl, 6J ; diameter of foot, 4f . 
 
 Inscription: (on cover, in Roman capitals) Ex DONO 
 Tho. Pelham Arm. hujus Coll : commensalis. 
 
 Arms: (on bowl) the College Arms and the inscription, 
 Coll sive Aula de Clare. (On the side of bowl) Quarterly: 
 1st and 4th, arg. three pelicans vulning themselves; 2nd and 
 3rd, gules two buckles in pale. Motto: ViNCiT Amor 
 Patriae. (On the cover) : the Buckle of the Pelhams. 
 
 91. Salt; silver, 1752. Jesus Coll 
 
 Marks: Q of 175 1-2 ; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant. Dh and above, a fleur-de-lis (.?). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 2 ; diameter of bowl, 2\ ; diameter of 
 base, 2\ ; depth of bowl, i. 
 
 Inscription, (round bowl and under base): COLL • Jesu • 
 Cant • 
 
 92. Jug; silver, 1755. Jesus Coll. 
 
 The body of the jug is covered with repousse foliage and 
 a leaf ornament surrounds the upper part of the foot 
 
 Marks: T of 1754-5; leopard's head crowned; lion passant. 
 J R with a star above (as in Cripps, 1744). 
 
 Weight: 36*45 oz. 
 
I. SECULAR. 6 1 
 
 Dimensions', height, iif ; diameter, 5 ; diameter of mouth, 
 3i ; depth, 6. 
 
 Inscription: (below dexter shield) Henricus Annesley 
 WooDHAM, A. B. / Bercestriensis Socio Commensalis / 
 1839. SOCIUS 1841. (Below sinister shield of arms) Henricus 
 HOTHAM SUFFOLCIENSIS / SOCIO COMMENSALIS / 184O. 
 
 Arms: (in front) the Arms of the College with: "Coll • 
 Jesu • Cantab." (On dexter side) gules a chevron arg. between 
 three roses seeded. Crest: a stag's head erased between 
 two roses. (On sinister side) barry of ten arg. and az. in a 
 canton or a bird. Crest: a demi-man coupe naked, bearing 
 in his sinister hand a shield with a miniature representation 
 of the above arms and in his dexter a sword. 
 
 93. Fish Knife; silver, 1773. Trinity Hall. 
 
 It has a pierced trowel-shaped blade with very delicate 
 scroll work. The handle is connected with the blade by a 
 dolphin ; it is twisted, and is partly ivory, partly silver. 
 
 Marks: (under blade) R of 1772-3; lion passant; leopard's 
 head crowned. W • P (for Wm. Plummer, entered, 1755. 
 Cripps). 
 
 Inscriptions: (under blade) the College arms, and"AUL 
 
 TRIN CANT." 
 
 94. Standing Cup and Cover; silver, 1777. 
 
 St Johns Coll. 
 
 The lower part of the bowl and the stem, base and cover 
 are ornamented with acanthus ; the upper part of the bowl 
 with festoons supported by two circular medallions containing 
 shields of arms ; the handles are formed of twisted serpents. 
 
 Marks: A of ijyG-y \ leopard's head crowned; lion 
 T ^ 
 passant; f^ * [for John Wakelin, William Taylor]. 
 
62 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 15 ; height of cup, io|; diameter 
 of cup, 6f ; diameter of foot, 4J ; depth of cup, 7J. 
 
 Inscription: (below the arms of the College) DONO DEDIT 
 Petrus Burrell a. m. / A.D. 1777. 
 
 Arms: (on one medallion) the arms of the College. (On 
 the other) : Vert, three shields arg. a bordure engrailed. 
 
 96. . Tea Caddies ; silver, i 764. Clare Coll. 
 
 A set of three Tea Caddies in a shagreen case with silver 
 mounting. 
 
 Marks: h of 1763-4; lion passant; leopard's head crowned. 
 (Maker, Pierre Gillois. See Cripps, 1757.) 
 
 The marks are not repeated on the mountings of the case, 
 biit the maker s mark and lion passant appear on the lid. 
 
 Height: (i)4|. (2) Si- (3)5- 
 
 Weight: (i) 7*85 oz. (2) 9*55 oz. (3) 7*85 oz. 
 
 Inscriptions : AUL : Clar : Cant : 
 Dedit Johannes Hobart 
 Baronettus hujus 
 Collegii Nobilis 1 7 10. 
 
 Arms: on one side the College arms. Opposite: On a 
 flanched shield, the Ranches ermine, a star of six points ; 
 above, the hand of Ulster. 
 
 96. Snuffers' Tray ; silver, i 786. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Marks: K of 1785-6; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; king's head ; R • H [for Robert Hennel]. 
 
 Weight: 4*02 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : length, 8| ; width, 3f . 
 
 Inscription, (in script underneath) : AUL. Pemb. 
 
I. SECULAR. 63 
 
 97. Salt Cellar; parcel-gilt, 1787. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 A boat-shaped salt on a spreading foot. 
 
 Marks: L of 1786-7; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; king's head ; R • H in an oval [for Robert Hennell. 
 Cripps]. 
 
 Weight : 3*12 oz. 
 
 Inscription: (round base, in script) Ex DONO Arthuri 
 Robinson Chauvel LLB Socio Commensalis 1788. 
 
 Arms: (on the bowl) the arms of the College and "AUL. 
 Pemb." 
 
 98. Sugar Castor, Cover and Sifter ; silver, 
 1789. Jesus Coll. 
 
 Circular, on a square plinth. 
 
 Marks: (on plinth) I of 1784-5 ; leopard's head crowned ; 
 lion passant ; king's head ; I K. The lion passant and 
 maker's mark are repeated on the cover. 
 
 Dimensio7is : total height, 6| ; height of vessel, 4^ ; depth, 
 34 ; diameter, 3^. 
 
 Inscription: (in script on cover) COLL. JES. CANT. 
 
 Arms : on the bowl are the arms of the College. 
 
 Sifter. 
 
 f^' Marks: N of 1788-9 ; sovereign's head ; W • S in an oval ; 
 [no leopard's head]. 
 Length : 4^. 
 Inscription : (in script) jES. COLL. Cant. 
 
64 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 99. Salt; silver, 1791. Jesus ColL 
 
 Marks: P of 1790-1 ; leopard's head crowned; lion pas- 
 sant ; sovereign's head ; A. P. 
 
 Dimensions : height (in middle), 2 ; at ends, 2f ; length of 
 bowl, 4| ; breadth of bowl, 2^ ; length of base, 2| ; breadth of 
 base, if; depth of bowl, i. 
 
 Inscription : (on side in script) Ex DONO Thomae 
 TURTON / BeRKERIENSIS / SOCIO COMIVTENSALIS. (On base) 
 
 Coll. Jes. Cant. 
 
 Arms: (opposite inscription) the arms of the College. 
 
 100. Snuffers' Tray ; silver, i 793. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Marks: (underneath) R of 1792-3; leopard's head 
 crowned ; lion passant ; sovereign's head. H C. 
 
 Weight: 37 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: length, 9|; width, 3j^ ; height, i to if. 
 
 Inscription : (underneath in script) Ex DONO Thomae 
 Alday Kerrison Armigeri Aul : Pemb : Cant : Soc : 
 
 COMMENS. 1792. 
 
 Arms: (in centre) a lion rampant impaled with the arms 
 of the College. 
 
 101. Salt; silver. Clare Coll. 
 
 Marks : lion's head erased. 
 
 Dimensions : height 3|; diameter, exterior, 5!; interior, 3; 
 diameter of base, 5f ; depth of bowl, \. 
 
 Weight: 16*89 ^z. 
 
 Inscriptions: Ex DONO JOHANNI LiND... 24-10. 
 
 Arms: (i.) coat of arms obliterated. (2.) The College 
 arms, between : AUL. Clare. 
 
I. SECULAR. 65 
 
 102. Tankard ; silver. Queens Coll. 
 
 The lower part of the bowl and the lid are ornamented 
 with acanthus in applique work, and with gadrooning round 
 the foot and the rim of the lid. r 
 
 Marks: 
 
 Weight: 38-15. 
 
 Inscription: Ex DONO JACOBI FORTREY ArmiGERL 
 
 Arms: the arms of the College, with COLL. Regin. ; and 
 a shield bearing : Three boars' heads. Crests : two wings ; 
 and the arms of the College (third shield) as a crest. 
 
 103. Toaster; silver, 1701. Queens' Coll. 
 
 A silver rack hanging from the end of a long handle of 
 wood, and turning on a joint so that by turning the handle 
 either side of the bread may be exposed to the fire. 
 
 Marks: E of 1700-1 (very doubtful); Britannia; lion's 
 head erased ; A.Ne, the A and N in monogram [for Anthony 
 Nelme. Cripps....]. 
 
 Dimensions : total length, 43I ; length of handle, 35. 
 
 Inscription: (on the rack, in script) Ex DONO JOHANNIS 
 Courtenay ffilij / Natu maximi Johannis- Courtenay 
 DE West Moland in Comitatu Devon / Armigeri. 
 
 104. Beaker; silver, 1718. Jesus Call 
 
 Marks: B of 17 17-8; lion's head erased; Britannia; 
 SL with a pellet above [for Gabriel Sleath. Cripps, 17 10]. 
 
 Weight: 12-4 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4J ; diameter of lip, 4 ; diameter of 
 foot, 3}. 
 
 Inscribed, COLL JESU cant. 
 
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66 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 105. MoNTEiTH ; SILVER, 1 723. Clare Coll. 
 
 The bowl is plain with drop-handles hanging from human 
 heads. The rim is moveable and has ten escallops. 
 
 Marks: G of 1722-3; lion's head erased; Britannia; 
 A.Ne, the A and N in monogram [for Anthony Nelme. 
 Cripps....]. 
 
 Weight: inscribed under foot " 1392". 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 10^; height of bowl, 8| ; depth 
 of bowl, 6f ; diameter of rim, 14J ; diameter of lip (outside), 13 ; 
 diameter of foot, 8f . 
 
 Inscription: (on bowl) Ded. praenob. domin. Geor. 
 Parker fil. unic. honoratis. Thom. comit. de Maccles- 
 field Magnae Britan. summi cancellaril (and on 
 
 opposite side of bowl) : COLLEGIUM SIVE DOMUS SIVE AULA 
 
 de Clare. 
 
 Arms: (on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, quarterly, first 
 and fourth gu. a chevron or between three leopards' heads ; 
 second and third, barry of five arg. and az., in chief two 
 mullets ; 2nd and 3rd sa., a bend arg. between three spear 
 heads. Motto : sapere AUDE. Above the shield a Viscount's 
 coronet. (On the opposite side of the bowl) the arms of the 
 College. 
 
 106. Snuffers and Tray; silver, 1725. 
 
 Clare Coll. 
 
 Marks: (on snuffers) H of 1723-4 ; lion passant ; leopard's 
 head crowned ; IG as a monogram in a heart-shaped sinking; 
 (on tray) I of 1724-5 ; other marks as on the snuffers. 
 
 Inscription: (on snuffers, in script) Ex DONO Jacobi 
 Darcy. 
 
I. SECULAR. 67 
 
 Anns: (on snuffers and tray) the arms of the College 
 with the words : AUL DE CLARE ; and the arms of the donor : 
 Quarterly, ist and 4th, crusilly three roses; 2nd and 3rd, three 
 bars with three mullets. Motto: UNO DIEU ET UNO ROY. 
 
 107. Salt; silver, 1732. Emmanuel Coll. 
 
 A trencher salt, of an irregular octagonal form, inscribed 
 EM : COLL: 
 
 Marks: Q of 173 1-2; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant ; RW with a star below (as in Cripps, 1696). 
 
 Weight: 4*05 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height, i{; diameter of base, 2|f. 
 
 108. Beaker ; silver, 1 744. Magdalene Coll. 
 
 A cylindrical beaker with a slightly expanded lip and a 
 broad band of stippling round the centre. 
 
 Marks: H of 1743-4; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant ; TW in script in an oblong sinking [for Thomas 
 Whipham, entered 1739. Cripps, 1756]. 
 
 Weight: 14*14 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 5 ; diameter of bowl, 3J ; diameter of 
 lip, 3J- 
 
 Inscriptions: (round lower part of bowl, in script) Ex 
 Dong Gulielmi Hide Hujus Collegij Commensalis. 
 (and in Roman) COLL : MAG : CAM : 
 
 109. Case of Knives and Forks; 1755. 
 
 Clare Coll. 
 
 A shagreen case containing a dozen knives and forks. 
 Given to the College by H. Townshend in 1755 and en- 
 graved with his arms, viz.: a chevron ermine between three 
 escallops. 
 
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68 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 110. Cream Jug; silver, 1761. Queens ColL 
 
 The jug is helmet shaped ; the body and foot are orna- 
 mented with gadroons and the lip has a cable moulding with 
 foliage beneath. 
 
 Marks: E of 1 760-1 ; lion passant; leopard's head crowned ; 
 P.P with a star above (for P^z6 Pilleau. Cripps, 1745). 
 
 Weight : 1 9*42 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, to top of handle, 6J ; height of stem, 
 if ; diameter of foot, 4f. 
 
 Arms: the arms of the College (fourth shield), and: COLL. 
 Regin.; below is a shield bearing: Quarterly, ist and 4th, 
 arg. on a chief or, three martlets; 2nd and 3rd, gules a chevron 
 ermine between three pine-apples ; with DW in script on 
 either side. 
 
 111. Salt ; silver, i 769. Emmanuel ColL 
 
 A boat-shaped salt on a foot. 
 
 Marks: N of 1768-9; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant. 
 
 Weight: 5*35 oz. (inscribed " 5-1 1|"). 
 
 Length: 4|. 
 
 Inscription : (in Roman capitals) Almo Collegio 
 a momanvelensi Martinus Folkes arm. Dono Debit 
 mdcclxix. 
 
 Arms: on one side, the arms of the College; on the other, 
 Quarterly, ist and 4th, per pale... and gu., a fleur-de-lis; 
 2nd and 3rd, gu. a crescent, in chief a label of three points for 
 difference. Crest: an arm embowed, holding a spear orna- 
 mented with tassels. Motto: SeRVARE MODUM. 
 
I. SECULAR. 69 
 
 112. Bowl; silver, 1670. Magdalene Coll. 
 
 A two-handled bowl with applique work of upright leaves, 
 the handles being surmounted by crowned heads of bold 
 design. On the cover stands the figure of a bird 3f high. 
 The great weight of this piece of plate, in proportion to its 
 size, is very remarkable. 
 
 Marks: M of 1669-70 ; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; TM above a coronet (as in Cripps, 1669). 
 
 Weight: bowl, 96*35 oz.; cover, 3375 oz.; total, 130*1 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 1 2\ ; height of bowl, 7f ; dia- 
 meter of bowl, 9j ; diameter of foot, 6|. 
 
 Inscription: (in script) Ex DONG NOBILISSIMI lACOBI 
 Bertie / Baronis Norreys de Rycot et filii Monta- 
 
 CUTII / NUPER COMITIS DE LiNDSEY MAGNI CAMERARII 
 
 Angliae &c. 
 
 Arms: (on the bowl) Quarterly of twelve: ist, three 
 battering rams ; 2nd, a fret; 3rd, a cross fleury; 4th, a cross 
 engrailed ; 5th, in a chief three martlets ; 6th, quarterly, 
 first and fourth [plain], second and third, a fret ; over all a 
 fess ; 7th, barry nebulee ; 8th, semee de lis a lion rampant, 
 9th, quarterly, first and fourth [plain], second and third, gu. 
 in dexter chief a mallet; lOth, a lion rampant; nth, barry 
 undee ; 12th, two bars gemelles. Supporters: Dexter, a 
 palmer proper ; sinister, a salvage man, wreathed round his 
 head and loins. Crest: out of an Earl's coronet, a vizored 
 ) helm surmounted by a bearded and crowned head couped. 
 Motto : Virtus ariete fortior. (On the cover) the arms 
 of the College, with the inscription : Mag : COLL : CANT : 
 
 113. Urn; silver, 1778. St Johns Coll. 
 
 The lower part of the vessel and the top and foot are 
 ornamented with gadrooning ; the upper part of the vessel 
 with garlands and medallions containing mythological subjects. 
 The tap is in the form of a .dolphin issuing from bulrushes. 
 
70 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 The handles are each formed of two serpents entwined. The 
 cover is modern. 
 
 Marks: B of 1777-8; London assay ; WH. 
 
 Dhnensmts: total height, 2i|; height of vessel, I5f; 
 depth of urn, 9| ; diameter, 8. 
 
 Inscription : (on foot, in script) DONO DEDIT HONORAB. 
 lOHAN Stuart / comitis de Bute Filius natu max^ 
 1795- 
 
 Arms: arms of the College, and a shield bearing: Or a 
 fess cheeky, arg. and az., a double tressure flory counterflory. 
 Above, a Viscount's coronet. Supporters : Dexter, a horse 
 rampant, bridled ; sinister, a stag rampant. Motto : AviTO 
 viret honore. 
 
 114. Vase and Cover ; silver, i 789. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 An urn-shaped vase with two handles. 
 
 Marks : (under foot) N of 1788-9 ; leopard's head crowned ; 
 lion passant ; king's head ; H C in an oblong sinking. (The 
 last three marks are repeated on the cover.) 
 
 Weight: 36' 13 oz. 
 
 Dimemions: total height, 14J; diameter, 5|. 
 
 Inscription: (on base) Thomas Coney, LLB. Aul: 
 PExM. Commen. Soc. D.D. 1789. 
 
 Arms : (on bowl) Quarterly, ist and 4th, sa. a fess cotised 
 between three conies ; 2nd and 3rd, gu. a bend between three 
 fleurs-de-lis. Crest: (on cover) a demi-coney couped, collared, 
 holding a flower. 
 
 115. Urn and Teapot with Stand; silver, 1794. 
 
 Queens Coll. 
 Urn. 
 
 Marks: S of 1793-4; sovereign's head; leopard's head 
 crowned ; lion passant , H C in an oval. 
 
I. SECULAR. 7J 
 
 Weight: 43*95 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 1 3f ; depth, 6|. 
 
 Crest: (on bowl and lid) boar's head (the charges of the 
 third shield of the College used as a crest) with the inscription 
 " Col. Regin." 
 
 Teapot. 
 Marks: as on urn. Weight: 21*9 oz. 
 Height: 6\. Crest: as on urn. 
 
 Stand. 
 Marks: as on urn. Weight: 573 oz. 
 Height: \, Crest: as on urn. 
 
 116. Tobacco Pipe; silver mountings, i8th cent. 
 
 Emmanuel Coll. 
 
 The bowl and stem are of wood ornamented with silver 
 scrolls. There is a long silver mouth-piece, and a tobacco 
 stopper attached to the bowl by a chain. The pipe is said to 
 have belonged to Dr Parr. 
 
 Marks : none. 
 
 Length: I3|. 
 
 117. Decanter Crook; silver mountings, i8th 
 cent. Magdalene Coll. 
 
 A crook formed of three chamois horns, mounted in metal 
 \} silver] and with a wooden handle. Used for pulling or 
 pushing a decanter at table. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Total length: 35^. 
 
72 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 118. Seal-headed Spoon; silver, 1547. 
 
 King's Coll. 
 
 Marks: I of 1546-7 [doubtful] ; lion passant; [one mark 
 illegible]. 
 
 Length: 6f. 
 
 I • C 
 
 Inscription: COLL : REGAL. (On seal, stippled) .x-^-c- • 
 
 119. Seal-headed Spoon; silver, 1590. 
 
 Trinity Hall. 
 
 Marks : (in bowl) leopard's head crowned ; (on stem) M 
 of 1589-90 ; lion passant ; a crescent and star in a circle (as 
 in Cripps, 1590). 
 
 Length: 6|. 
 
 Inscription: (on stem, stippled) Agnes • Byllyng • almes- 
 WOMAN. 
 
 120. Seal-headed Spoon ; parcel-gilt, early i 7th 
 CENT. Mr Munsey. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 Length: 6|. 
 
 w.p 
 
 Inscribed on seal (stippled): I • B. 
 
 1622 
 The handle is possibly modern. 
 
 121. Seal-headed Spoon; parcel-gilt, early 17th 
 
 CENT. Mr Munsey. 
 
 Marks : (in bowl) leopard's head crowned (?). 
 Length : 6J. 
 
 Inscribed on seal (in stippling): \ ^. 
 
 1 Jj 
 
I. SECULAR. 7^ 
 
 122. Spoon; silver, 1707. Trinity Coll. 
 
 A rat-tail spoon ; the stem, handle and rat's-tail are 
 engraved with heads, flowers and fruit (The handle has 
 perhaps been re-engraved.) 
 
 Marks: L of 1706-7; lion's head erased; Britannia; G L 
 with two pellets above and one below, in a shield. 
 
 Weight: i oz. 15 dwt. (College Plate-book). 
 
 Length: 7 J. 
 
 Inscription: (on handle) TRIN : / COLL : / BACC : / 1852. 
 
 123. Spoon ; silver, i 709. Clare ColL 
 
 Marks: N of 1708-9; lion's head erased ; Britannia; M E 
 with two sickles above, and over these a sheaf of corn [as in 
 Cripps, 17 10]. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed on stem, "7 : 12"). 
 
 Length: 16^. 
 
 Inscription: (in script) Ex DONO HONORABILIS DN' 
 Thomae Prendergast Bar : Aulae Clar : nobilis. 
 
 Arms: (on bowl, dexter) gu. a saltire vairy or and az., in 
 the fess point on a scutcheon of pretence the badge of Ulster. 
 Motto : VINCIT VERITAS. (Sinister) the arms of the College. 
 Crest : (on back of handle) a stag trippant. 
 
 124. Spoon ; silver, i 709. Mr Munsey, 
 
 A rat-tail spoon. 
 
 Marks ; N of 1 708-9 ; London assay ; G R with two 
 pellets above and crescent below, in a shaped shield. 
 Length: 8|. 
 Inscribed on handle, I^ E. 
 
74 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 125. Spoon; silver, 171 i. Mr Munsey. 
 
 A rat-tail spoon. 
 
 Marks: P of 1710-1 ; London assay; DA, with two 
 pellets above and one below. 
 Length: I4|. 
 Monogram recently inscribed on handle, GB. 
 
 126. Spoon; silver, 1714. Mr Munsey. 
 
 A rat-tail spoon. 
 
 Marks: S of 17 13-4; London assay. 
 
 Length: 7f. 
 
 Crest on handle obliterated. 
 
 127. Spoon; silver, 1739 [?]. Trinity Hall. 
 
 A rat-tail spoon. 
 
 Marks: (on stem) C of 1738-9 (?) ; lion passant ; leopard's 
 head crowned ; [another mark illegible]. 
 
 Length: 7f. 
 
 Inscription : (under handle) N^ : 7. : 2 : 2 ; and the College 
 Arms. 
 
 128. Spoon ; silver, i 760. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks: D of 1759-60; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; I • T. 
 
 Weight: 2*14 oz. 
 
 Length : total, 8 ; of bowl, 3. 
 
 Inscription: (on back of bowl, under a fleur-de-lis) Ex 
 DONO / Georgii Birch / Armigeri / Socio / Commensa- 
 
 LIS / DE HARBOURN / IN AGRO StAFFORDIENSI ; and down 
 the handle : COLL. Regin. Cantab. 
 
 Crest: an eagle volant in a coronet. 
 
I. SECULAR. 75 
 
 129. Spoon ; silver, i 763. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; W * T in an engrailed border (as in Cripps, ....). 
 
 Weight: 3-25. , 
 
 Length: lof. 
 
 Arms: (on back of handle) the arms of the College (third 
 shield) with the date 1763 inscribed. 
 
 130. Cake-basket ; silver, early i 8th cent. 
 
 Pembroke Coll. 
 
 Open-work basket with drop-handles. 
 
 Marks : Britannia ; crowned harp ; I C with a star 
 between. 
 
 Weight: 42 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: length, 14; width, \\\\ height, 3 J. 
 
 131. Coffee Pot; silver, 1704. 
 
 Lender, Anonymous. 
 
 The vessel is ornamented with scrolls, foliage and birds, 
 the ground being covered with coarse stippling. The spout 
 is in the form of a dragon's head. The lid is domical with a 
 plain vase-shaped finial, its ornament is like that on the bowl, 
 but is inferior in character ; it is perhaps of later date ; it has 
 a thumb-piece ornamented with a scroll. The handle is of 
 later date and is decorated with foliage. 
 
 Marks: (on vessel) H of 1703-4; lion's head erased; 
 Britannia; [maker's mark illegible]. (On handle) lion 
 passant ; king's head ; [maker's mark illegible, probably WB 
 or WH]. 
 
 Weight: 31*45 oz. (scratched on the bottom, "28 : 08 : 00 "). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 9^ ; height of vessel, 7 ; diameter 
 at top, 3 ; diameter at bottom, 4|: 
 
76 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 132. Cup and Cover; gold, 1773. 
 
 Peterhouse. 
 
 A small cup on a high fluted stem. The bowl and cover 
 are ornamented with festoons of fruit ; the cover has a plain 
 knop. 
 
 Marks: R of 1772-3; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant; I • Y (as in Cripps, 1775). 
 
 Weight: 18-65 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 1 1 ; height of vessel, 8^ ; depth 
 of bowl, 3 ; diameter of bowl, 3^ ; diameter of foot, 3|^. 
 
 Inscription : 
 
 Domo Petrensi carissimge 
 Alvmno ei a fidelissimo 
 Gvlielmo Browne, nvnc milite 
 Medentivm patre a prteside 
 Sodilitate et ex Kegia 
 Datur leve hocce mvnvscvlvm 
 Et, qvod apprime convenit 
 Medentis artem qui hie havserat, 
 Salvtis vt sit hoc pocvlvm. 
 Medentis est salvtem dare. 
 Lati ex Canarinis insvlis 
 Bibant meri qvantvm svfiicit 
 Magister et pares singvli. 
 Perenne sic sit collegivm 
 Precante iambo et dactylo 
 TeXos oXojs TreXei -KavTO. 7e 
 Comitiis A S mdcclxxiii 
 ^tatis xixc 
 
 The following free rendering of this inscription is by 
 A. W. Verrall, Litt.D., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College. 
 
 To Peterhouse a faithful son 
 
 Approves his love by this guerdon. 
 
 To 'William Browne,' whilome his name, 
 
 He added knighthood, style and fame 
 
 Of Royal Fellowship, and part 
 
 Of Father in the Healing Art; 
 
 And (chiefly this doth now appear) 
 
 He drank the lore of healing here^ 
 
 vSo gives this 'health-cup,' with the will 
 
 Hereby to do his office still. 
 
I. SECULAR. "l*] 
 
 Canary wine the potion be, 
 
 And quantum stiff, the quantity; 
 
 Master and Brethren in rotation 
 
 Shall pledge the health of this foundation, 
 
 And say withal (to round the metre) 
 
 *Long live the Ancient House of Peter.' 
 
 Arms: Two cross keys in saltire. Above the shield a sunT 
 and a chalice, and between them the word HINC. On a 
 riband below : Alm^ MATRIS NVTRIX PRIMA. On the 
 opposite side of bowl : a double-headed eagle displayed on a 
 helmet. On a riband below Principias OBSTA. 
 
 Sir William Browne was bom in 1692, educated at Peterhouse, President of 
 College of Physicians 1765, 1766, died 1774. 
 
 133. Cup and Cover; silver, 1775. Queens ColL 
 
 ' The cup has two handles ; the finial of the cover is in the 
 form of a pine-apple. 
 
 Marks: S of 1774-5 ; leopard's head crowned; lion pas- 
 sant ; W • C. 
 
 Weight: 36" i oz. 
 
 Inscription: DoNO DEBIT HONORABILIS Carolus Her- 
 VEV / HONORATISSIMI COMITIS DE BRISTOL / FiLIUS NaTU 
 QUINTUS 1727. 
 
 Arms: (on side of cup) the arms of the College (fourth 
 shield) with : COLL. REGIN. CANTAB, (and opposite) Gu. on 
 a bend arg. three trefoils slipped. Motto : JE n'oublieray 
 JAMAIS. (On cover) the College arms (third shield) as a 
 crest ; (opposite) a leopard passant holding a trefoil slipped 
 in its dexter paw. 
 
 134. Fish Slice; silver, 1795. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks: (on back of blade) year letter of 1794; London 
 assay ; M ' P. 
 
 Weight: 7 29 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total length, iif ; length of handle, 5f; 
 breadth of blade, 3. 
 
 Arms: the arms of the College (third shield) with the 
 inscription COL : Regin. 
 
78 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 135. Candlestick; silver, 1691. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 The stem is in the form of a column with cabled flutes ; 
 the hand-guard is octagonal, as is also the foot, which is wide 
 spreading with invected and moulded ornament. 
 
 Marks: N of 1690-1 ; London assay; T A with a fleur- 
 de-lis above and three pellets below, in a circle. 
 
 Weight: 14*9502. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8f ; diameter of foot, 6f . 
 
 Arms: (on foot) A fess ermine between three crescents, a 
 roundel for difference. Crest: a cock, on an esquire's helmet. 
 
 136. Candlestick ; silver, i 7 i 7. Queens Coll. 
 
 This is baluster shaped and has an octagonal foot and a 
 circular nozzle. 
 
 Marks: (under foot) A of 1716-7, London assay; Gr 
 with crown above. 
 
 Weight: 13-3302. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 7^ ; diameter of foot, 4|. 
 
 Arms: (on foot and nozzle) the arms of the College (third 
 shield) and Queen's Colledge ; opposite the College arms 
 is an oval medallion containing a monogram. 
 
 137. Candlestick; 1718. Queens Coll. 
 A copy on a smaller scale of No. 136. 
 
 Marks: B of 17 17-8; London assay; S L with pellet 
 below (for Sleath. Cripps, 17 10). 
 
 Weight: 3*06 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height, 4/^; diameter of foot, 3. 
 
 Crest : (on foot) the College arms (third shield) used as a 
 crest. 
 
I. SECULAR. 79 
 
 138. Taper Candlestick; silver, 1729. 
 
 S^ Johns Coll. 
 
 Marks: N of 1728-9 ; London assay ; M & C. r 
 
 Height: 4f 
 
 Inscription: COLL : DIVI : JOH : CANT. 
 
 139. Candlestick; silver, 1734. St Johns Coll. 
 
 This is in form a Corinthian cohimn with spiral festoons 
 of oak round it ; the base is square in plan. 
 
 Marks: The Newcastle N of 1733-4; [one mark oblite- 
 rated, probably that of the Newcastle assay] ; lion passant ; 
 I. .C 
 
 Weight: (inscribed) " 10 • 8." 
 
 Height: 10^. 
 
 Inscription: Ex DONO Thomae Christmas Arm • 
 Coll • Div • Johan • Soc • Com • 1775 • 
 
 140. Candlestick ; silver, i 760. Clare Coll. 
 
 A small Taper-candlestick. 
 
 Marks: E of 1760. London assay. W. C. in Gothic 
 characters with pellet over [for Wm. Cafe, entered 1757. 
 Cripps, 1759]. 
 
 Height: 5|. Base, 3f 
 Weight : 5 77 oz. 
 
 Inscriptions : (on socket) AUL • Clar ; (under rim) AUL • 
 Clar. 
 
8o PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 141. Candlestick; silver, 1762. Trinity Hall. 
 
 Square base and rim. 
 
 Marks: F of 1761-2 ; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; I H with a star between [or H • I] ; (lion passant 
 and maker's mark are repeated near the top). 
 
 Weight : 2 1*4 oz. 
 Height: loj. 
 
 142. Candlestick; silver, 1763. St Johns Coll. 
 
 This candlestick is in the form of an Egyptian column ; 
 the base is square in plan and is ornamented with marks. 
 
 Marks: E of 1762-3; lion passant ; [one mark illegible]; 
 I C [for John Carter or Isaac Collard. Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed) " 14*0." 
 
 Height: I2|. 
 
 Inscriptions : (on base, in script) E • DONO JOANNIS 
 Payne Arm. (On the other side) CoLL • Div • JOAN • SO- 
 CIO • COMMENSALIS • 1 774 • 
 
 Crest: (on base) lion passant holding a dart. 
 
 143. Taper Candlestick; silver, 1764. 
 
 St Johns Coll. 
 
 The stem is baluster shaped ; the base and rim are square 
 in plan. 
 
 Marks: (on base) H of 1763-4; lion passant; leopard's 
 head crowned ; W C in Gothic characters with a pellet above 
 [for William Cafe. Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed) "6 • 18." 
 
 Height: 6\. 
 
 Inscribed on base : " COLL. DiV. JOH. Cant." 
 
I. SECULAR. 8 1 
 
 144. Candlestick; silver, 1774. Clare Coll. 
 
 A fluted Corinthian column ; the lower part has spiral 
 flutings ; the base is square. 
 
 Marks: S of 1773-4; leopard's head crowned; lion pas- 
 sant ; I C in a cartouche with the corners cut off. 
 
 Weight: 24*65 oz. 
 
 Inscription: (on base) Ex DONO HONORATISSIMI Dmi 
 Caroli Baronis Cornwallis 1723. 
 
 Arms: (on base, over the foregoing inscription) sable 
 goutt^e on a fess three birds. Above the shield a Baron's 
 coronet. Supporters: Two stags attired, and gorged with a 
 wreath ; over the shield a baronial coronet. Motto : ViRTUS 
 VINCIT invidiam ; (on the other side of the base) the 
 College arms, and the inscription AuL. DE Clare Cant. 
 
 145. Candlestick; silver, 1770. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks : O of 1 769-70 ; leopard's head crowned ; lion pas- 
 
 , LC 
 sant;^^. 
 
 Weight : 24*9 oz. 
 
 Dimensiofis : height, io| ; diameter of foot, 5f. 
 
 Inscription : (round base) Ex DONO JOHANNIS Darell 
 Arm: Soc: Com: mdcclxxi. 
 
 Arms: (on foot) the arms of the College (fourth shield) 
 with COLL. REGIN. Also a shield bearing : Az., a crowned 
 lion rampant, in the dexter chief a crescent. Crest : out of a 
 ducal coronet a man's head proper issuant wreathed. 
 
 146. Candlestick; silver, 1778. 
 
 St Catharines Coll. 
 
 The stem is ornamented with classical portraits in profile ; 
 the base with cherubs' heads. 
 
82 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 Marks: B of 1777-8; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; E F in script, with a pellet above [for Edward 
 Feline. Cripps]. 
 
 Weight: 2675 oz. Height: 9|. 
 
 Inscription : (in script) E DONO FranciSCI Whichcote 
 SOCIO-COMMENSALIS, FILII NATU MINORIS DOMINI FRAN- 
 CISCI Whichcote Baronetti, de Aswarbij in Com : 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Arms: Arms of the College with the inscription AUL : 
 Cath. and a shield bearing : Ermine two hogs in pale, with 
 the date 1764. 
 
 147. Candlestick ; silver, i 780. St Johns Coll. 
 
 In the Adams style. A square stem tapering downwards ; 
 the socket vase shaped. 
 
 Marks: Sheffield A of 1779-80; lion passant; crown; 
 I S in an irregular cartouche. 
 
 Height: 12. 
 
 Inscription: DoNO DEDiT Henricus Arthur Herbert 
 Hibernicus / Soc : Com : Coll. Div. Joh : / Cantab. 1778. 
 
 Arms: on one side, the arms of the College; on the 
 other side, a shield bearing : Per pale az. and gu., three lions. 
 
 148. Candlestick; silver, 1780. Jesus Coll. 
 
 This candlestick is square in plan, with a round socket; 
 
 the stem tapers downwards. 
 
 M F 
 Marks: A of 1779-80 ; crown ; lion passant; ^ ^ . 
 
 Dimensiojts : height, 12; diameter of base, 5. 
 Inscriptions : (on base, in script) D. D. Felix Vaughan. 
 socio coMMENSALis ; and Coll • Jesu • Cant. 
 
 Arms : (on base) sable a chevron or between three heads ; 
 and the arms of the College. 
 
I. SECULAR. 83 
 
 149. Candlestick; silver, 1782. St Johns Coll. 
 
 The stem is fluted and tapers downwards. The socket is 
 vase shaped. 
 
 Marks: D of 1781-2 ; lion passant; crown; TW (nearly 
 illegible). 
 
 Height: i\\. 
 
 Inscription : CoLL : Div : JOHAN. Cant. D.D. Egerton 
 Leigh 1728. 
 
 150. Candlestick ; SILVER, 1787. St Johns Coll. 
 
 The stem is fluted and tapers downwards ; the base has 
 spiral flutings. 
 
 Marks: (on base) K of 1786-7; crown; Hon passant; 
 sovereign's head ; I • P & Co. 
 Weight: inscribed "9°^ i^dwt" 
 Height: lof. 
 
 Inscription : COLL : DiVI : JOHAN : Cant : DONO : DEDIT : 
 Petrus Ashton Hanmond Surriensis a. b. 1786. 
 
 151. Candlestick; silver, 1787. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks: K of 1786-7; lion passant; crown; sovereign's 
 head ; I P & Co. 
 
 Dimensions : height, iif ; diameter of foot, 5 J. 
 
 Inscription: Georgius Pelhill de Agro CantIana / 
 Arm : Soc°. Dedit 1787. 
 
 Arms: Quarterly, ist, on a bend gu. three cross crosslets ; 
 2nd, an eagle displayed ; 3rd, az., a fess or between three 
 garbs ; 4th, gu., six cross crosslets fitchee ; in chief a crescent 
 for difference. (Opposite) the arms of the College (third 
 shield), with the inscription COLL : Regin : Cantab : 
 
 • 6 — 2 
 
84 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 152. Candlestick; silver, 1796. Queens Coll. 
 
 Marks: (on base and cup) S of 1793-4; lion passant; 
 leopard's head crowned; I • S [for John Schofield, entered 
 1778. Cripps, 1780]. 
 
 Weight: 20*3902. 
 
 Dimensions: height, ii|; diameter of foot, 5f. 
 
 Arms : the arms of the College (third shield) ; and : COLL 
 Regin. 
 
 153. Coffee Pot ; silver, i 763. 
 
 Mr J, E, L, Whitehead. 
 
 Marks: G of 1762-3; London assay; T • W. with a C 
 above and a W below in a circle [for Whipham and Wright]. 
 
 Weight: 20 oz. 6 dwt. Total height: \o\. 
 
 Inscription: The gift of Thomas Halsted, Esq., Mayor in 
 1767. Elected Alderman 1765. Resigned 1775. 
 
 Arms: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Gu. 
 an eagle displayed, a chief cheque or and az. Crest: out of 
 a mural crown an eagle displayed issuant. 
 
 Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 154. Tankard; silver, 1763. 
 
 Mr H, J, Whitehead, 
 
 Marks: G of 1762-3; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant ; maker's mark the same as on the coffee-pot, 
 No. 153. 
 
 Weight: (inscribed "65 oz."). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, io|; height of vessel, 7f. 
 
 Inscriptions : (i) CORPORATION OF CAMBRIDGE. (2) The 
 Gift of Jam : Harrimore, John York, Tho : Wilson, Phil : 
 Havers, Jam : Burleigh, John : Newling, John : Purchas, 
 Jam : Gifford, & Marmaduke Whittred. (3) To the Use of 
 the Common Council. (4) King Whittred Mayor 1763. 
 
 Scratched on the bottom is, "engrav'd by W. Stephens 
 1763." 
 
 Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
i. secular. 85 
 
 155. Stoup; silver, 1763. 
 
 Mr J, E, L. Whitehead, 
 
 Maker's mark: J • S [for John Smith]. 
 
 Weight: 10-83 oz. (inscribed " 10 : 19"). 
 
 Inscription : The gift of / John Purchas Alderm" / Sept. 
 29, 1759. And : Corporation op Cambridge. 
 
 Arms: the arms of the Town, and those of the Donor, 
 viz. : Or a lion rampant, debruised by a fess sa. bearing three 
 bezants or. 
 
 Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 156. Two Spoons; silver, 1764. Mr Hatter sley. 
 
 Marks: H of 1763-4; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant ; W • C with a T above (as in Cripps, 1763). 
 
 Weight: 2*48 oz. Length: 8f. 
 
 Inscription : (on stem, in script) The Gift of John 
 Newling Alderm^. Jan. ii. 1763. On the handle: the 
 Town Crest ; and in a late style the initial H. 
 
 Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 157. Four Salt Cellars ; two silver, two parcel- 
 gilt, 1765. Mr J, E, L. Whitehead, 
 
 Marks: I of 1764-5; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned; H A [for David and Robert Hennett, entered 
 1763. Cripps]. 
 
 Weights: from 344 oz. to 3*88 oz. 
 
 Inscriptions: (on No. 3) Ald=^' James Buleigh to the 
 Corporation of Cambridge June 1764. (On No. 4) The 
 Gift of W=^' Mott, JuN^ Common Councilman to the 
 Corporation of Cambridge June 1764. 
 
 Formerly the property of the C<^poration of Cambridge. 
 
86 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 158. Beaker; silver, 1763. Alderman Cockerell. 
 
 Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; J S in an oval sinking, as in Cripps, 1756 [for John 
 Swift, entered 1739]. 
 
 Height: 3f. 
 
 Inscriptio7is : THE GIFT OF W^^ NORFOLK ALDERMAN / 
 Aug. 16. 1759. And : Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 Arms: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Gu. 
 a fess between two chevrons; impaling, quarterly, ist and 
 4th, arg., 2nd and 3rd, gu., a trellis, over all a bend sa., 
 charged with three escallops. 
 
 On the bottom is scratched, "The cup & all the stoups 
 were graved by W. Stephens Cambridge 1762." 
 
 Formerly the property of the Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 159. Stoup; SILVER, 1763. 
 
 The Rev. S. A, Thompson- Yates, 
 
 Marks: G of 1762-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned; J-S- as on the beaker No. 158. 
 
 Height: 5. Weight: 972 oz. 
 
 Inscriptions: THE GIFT OF / WlLL^ Weales Alderm^, 
 Jan. 22. 1792. And: Corporation of Cambridge. 
 
 Anns: the arms of the Town, and a shield bearing: Or 
 a wivern rampant. 
 
 160. Salt; silver. Mr W. M. Fawcett. 
 
 Given to the Corporation of Cambridge by Alderman 
 James Burleigh in 1764. 
 
 Weight: 3-88 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : diameter of bowl, 3 J ; diameter of foot, 2| ; 
 height, 2i; depth of bowl, i|. 
 
 161. Salt ; silver. Mr W. M. Fawcett. 
 
 Given to the Corporation of Cambridge by Wm. Mott, 
 Junior, Common Councilman. Similar to No. 160. 
 Weight: 4" 14 oz. 
 
II. 
 
 p:cclesiastical. 
 
 A. COLLEGIA TE. 
 
 162. Chalice and Cover ; silver-gilt, middle of 
 
 1 6th CENT. Gonville and Caius ColL 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 A large and richly-decorated chalice. The bowl is 
 decorated with arabesques and stands on a baluster stem, 
 from the top of which spring three double volutes. The base 
 is massive and is ornamented similarly to the bowl. The 
 cover is domical and is surmounted by a human figure 
 standing on a pedestal. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight : cup, 29 oz. ; cover, 1 1 oz. 2 dwt. ; total, 40 oz. 
 2 dwt. (inscribed, *' 40 "). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, I5|; height of cover, io| ; 
 depth of bowl, 4^'^ ; diameter of bowl, 5f . 
 
 Presented to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
 163. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt, 
 
 1567-8. Christ's Coll. 
 
 Marks: K of 1567-8 ; London assay; T B in monogram. 
 
 Diinensio7is : Chalice : — total height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 5 ; 
 diameter of bowl, 44. Paten: — diameter, 4|; height, if; 
 depth of depression, y^. 
 
ss plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 164. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt, 1569. 
 
 Trinity Hall. 
 
 Marks: L of 1568-9; London assay; (maker) a hand 
 holding a branch with flowers and leaves. 
 
 Dimensions: height, including Paten, \o\. 
 
 Weights: Chalice, 15-1 oz. ; Paten, 4*88 oz. 
 
 165. Flagon; silver-gilt, 1571. 
 
 Gonville and Caius Coll. 
 
 Tankard shaped with concave sides, ornamented with 
 arabesques. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 15 70-1; London assay; FR in 
 monogram (as in Cripps). 
 
 Weight: 15 oz, 14 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 6^; height of vessel, 5|; depth 
 of bowl, 4| ; diameter at lip (inside), 2\ ; diameter of foot 
 (outside), 4j. 
 
 Inscription : (under foot, stippled) + MATTH^VS : AR- 
 CHIEPS : CANTVAR : DEBIT : COLLE" : GVNWELLI : ET : 
 CAII : CANTAB : T : IAN : A° : D' : 1571. Also: VNCIS : 
 15 : 3 S. 
 
 Arms: those of Archbishop Parker. 
 
 Given to the College by Archbishop Parker. 
 
 166. Alms-dish ; PARCEL-GILT, 1573- Jesus Coll. 
 
 A very pretty dish, no doubt originally intended for 
 secular use. In the centre a female bust, to the right, 
 crowned with laurel, in repousse, surrounded with arabesques. 
 The dish evidently had a foot or stem, for there is a socket 
 below to receive it. This piece was till recently used in a 
 countrj^ church. The inscription identifying it with Jesus 
 
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 89 
 
 College (though possibly Jesus College, Oxford) was on it 
 when it was bought by its present possessors. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1572-3; London assay; H S 
 in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 6*59 oz. 
 
 Inscription : (in Italian script) COLL : JESU * Ad COLLI- 
 GENDUM Eleemosynas. 
 
 167. Chalice and Cover; silver, 1587. 
 
 Magdalene Coll. 
 
 The bowl is ornamented with arabesques, and stands on a 
 baluster stem. The cover has, as a finial, a statuette of an 
 armed soldier with a shield and spear, on a vase-shaped 
 pedestal. 
 
 Marks: I of 1586-7; London assay; [the maker's mark 
 is illegible]. 
 
 Weight: chalice, 18*58 oz. ; cover, 9*93 oz. ; total, 28-51 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: total height, I5f ; height of chalice, 6^; 
 depth of bowl, 4J ; diameter of bowl, 5^. 
 
 168. Flagon; silver-gilt, 1598. Christ's Coll. 
 
 A tankard-shaped vessel with a domical lid, on the top of 
 which is a griffin's head. 
 
 Marks: V of 1597-8; London assay; J H, below which 
 is a bear passant (as in Cripps, 1 597). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 10; depth of bowl, 6^; diame- 
 ter of bowl, 3| ; diameter of foot, 5. 
 
 Inscription: (in Roman capitals) Henry Iames Sydney 
 
 MOUNTAGU. 
 
 Arms: arg. three diamonds in fess. Crest: a griffin's 
 head. 
 
90 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 169. Flagon ; silver-gilt, 1608. Trinity Coll. 
 
 Marks : year letter of 1 607-8 ; London assay ; R • W 
 with a pellet below. 
 
 Weight: 62*55 oz. 
 
 Dimensio7is : height, 14^; depth of bowl, 7 J. 
 
 Inscriptions: Ex DONO PRAENOBILIS DOMINI JOHANNIS 
 
 Stuart Fratris Illustris : / Domini Jacobi Ducis 
 Laviniae natu quarti 1636. Also: Collegi Sanctae 
 Trinitatis Cantebrig: 
 
 Arms: Quarterly, ist and 4th, three fleurs-de-lis within a 
 bordure, on which are ten bezants ; 2nd and 3rd, a fess 
 cheeky within a bordure engrailed ; an inescochon or, semee 
 of cinquefoils. 
 
 170. Flagon ; silver-gilt, 1609. 
 
 Gonville and Caius Coll. 
 
 The vessel is richly decorated with repousse work and 
 shields of arms ; the base is high and ornamented with 
 repousse work and enriched mouldings ; the cover is domical 
 and has a finial. 
 
 Marks: L of 1608-9; London assay; I M with some 
 other mark below, in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 27 oz. 2 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 6f ; diameter 
 of lip, 34. 
 
 Arms: central shield plain; on one side a shield bearing: 
 Quarterly, ist and 4th, on a bend, three lions passant guardant ; 
 2nd and 3rd, two bends ragulee; with the inscription, RiCHARD 
 Branthwayte. On the other side, a shield bearing: 
 Quarterly of eight, ist, in a bordure, on a chevron, between 
 three voided mullets, a crescent; 2nd, a cross cantoned by four 
 birds ; 3rd, two swords in saltire cantoned by 4 fleurs-de-lis ; 
 4th, ermine, on a chevron 3 estoiles ; 5th, a chevron ragulee 
 
11. ECCLESIASTICAL. 9 1 
 
 between 3 pegtops ; 6th, 3 lions rampant ; 7th, between 3 
 crescents a ram's head caboshed ; 8th, between 3 fleurs-de-lis 
 a crescent. Below, on a ribbon : William Webb. 
 
 171. Candlestick ; silver-gilt, i66i. c 
 
 Pembroke Coll, 
 
 Marks : (in saucer and under foot) C of 1660-1 ; leopard's 
 head crowned ; lion passant ; (maker's mark illegible). 
 
 Weight: 68' i oz. (inscribed under foot, "31 • 2 • 12"; under 
 saucer, " 14 • 13 • 12 " ; on stem, " 23 • 3 • 12 " ; making total, 
 68 • 19 • 12). 
 
 Dimensions: total height, 2 if; height to saucer, 17^; 
 diameter of base, \o^. 
 
 172. Alms-dish; silver-gilt, 1669. Kings ColL 
 
 The centre of the dish is occupied by a representation of 
 the Last Supper, repousse in high relief, surrounded by a 
 wreath. On the rim are four cartouches in bold scroll work 
 with leaves and grotesque heads. The cartouches contain 
 I. the Royal Arms, crowned, and surrounded by the garter, 
 between the letters C R ; 2. (to dexter of No. i) the arms of 
 the College ; 3. (to sinister) the arms of [the donor .?] viz. 
 in a bordure, a fess dancettee between three martlets ; 4. 
 (opposite No. i) the following inscription, (in script): Dedit 
 Thomas Page Socius 1668. 
 
 Marks : L of 1668-9 ; London assay ; I • B with a crescent 
 and two pellets below, in a shield (as in Cripps, 1669). 
 
 Dimensions: diameter, 24; width of rim, \\\ height, if. 
 
 173. Alms-dish; silver, 17th cent. Kings ColL 
 
 A dish of filagree-work, on a foot. 
 
 Inscription and arms : (on rim of foot) arms of [donor ?] 
 and: THOMAS PAGE SOCIVS DEDIT AN^ DOM 1 673. The 
 arms of the College, and : ^OLL REGAL. 
 
92 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 174. Candlestick; silver, early i8th cent. 
 
 Trinity Hall. 
 
 One of a pair of hexagonal candlesticks, of bold baluster 
 form, with deep socket and wide spreading base. 
 
 Weight: 25-45 oz- 
 
 These candlesticks were given to the College by a member 
 of the Lloyd family, probably by Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, Master 
 of the College 17 10- 173 5. 
 
 On the base are the following arms: Quarterly, ist and 
 4th, per fess arg. and gu. a lion rampant counterchanged ; 2nd 
 and 3rd, a chevron between three pheons, two and one, the 
 two upper horizontal with points inwards, the lower vertical 
 with point upwards. On the opposite side of the base a crest: 
 a demi-lion rampant issuant from an Earl's coronet. Inscrip- 
 tion below coat of arms : " D*^ Rich : Lloyd Pater." The 
 companion piece is inscribed : " D^ Elis : Lloyd Mater." 
 
 175. Candlesticks ; silver, i 749. St Johns Coll. 
 
 Marks: N of 1748-9; leopard's head crowned; lion 
 passant ; E G with a pellet above and below in lozenge [for 
 Elizabeth Godfray]. 
 
 Height: i6j. 
 
 176. Mitre; silver-gilt, c. 1660. Pe77ibroke Coll. 
 
 Round the edge are a series of holes for attaching the cap, 
 which is of crimson satin, lined- with white silk on a foundation 
 of coarse canvas. The fanons are edged with gold lace and 
 fringed. 
 
 Weight: 38 oz. Dirneiisious : height, ii|; diameter, 7^. 
 
 This mitre and the crozier, No. 177, were used by Matthew 
 Wren, Bishop of Ely 1638 — 6j, formerly Master of Peterhouse. 
 He was educated at Pembroke College. He died 1667, and 
 was buried in Pembroke College Chapel, which had been 
 built by his nephew, Sir Christopher Wren. 
 
II. FXCLESIASTICAL. 93 
 
 177. Crozier ; PARCEL-GILT. Pembroke Coll. 
 
 The head is formed of rococo foliage and is silver-gilt ; 
 the staff, which is in two separate pieces, is of silver and has 
 an iron spike at the foot. 
 
 Dimensions: total length, 5 ft. \o\ in. ; length of head,, 
 6| ; diameter of staff, f . 
 
 B. PAROCHIAL AND MONASTIC 
 
 178. Chalice; silver, 1569. 
 
 Si Edward's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscriptions: (on bowl) S^ EDWARDS PARISH /CAMBRIDGE; 
 
 and c'T- • 
 SE 
 
 Marks: (on lip) year letter of 1568-9; London assay; 
 [maker's mark undecipherable]. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8{ ; depth of bowl, 5 ; diameter of 
 bowl, i\. 
 
 179. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt, 
 
 1569. Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Chalice. 
 Inscriptions: (round bowl in Roman capitals) THIS CVP 
 
 IS FOR TRINITE PARYS IN CAMBRYDG • 1 569. (Underfoot) 
 REPAIR'D A.D. 1827 WILLIAM COE • CHARLES CLAYDON, 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 7 ; depth of bowl, 3f ; diameter of 
 bowl, \\ ; diameter of foot, 4. 
 Weight : 
 
94 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 Paten. 
 Inscription: on foot 1569. 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Dimensions : height, if; depth in centre, ^; diameter, 4f. 
 Weight: 
 
 180. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1569. 
 
 Great St Andrew s Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 A band of Elizabethan arabesque runs round the centre 
 of the bowl. 
 
 Inscription: (round bottom of bowl) THIS * FOR * SENT * 
 TANDROS * PARES * IN * KAMBREGE * 
 
 Mark : IV over a heart in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 8 oz. 14 dwt. 
 
 Dimensiofis : total weight, 6|; depth of bowl, 3f ; diameter 
 of bowl, 4^. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 A cover paten on a foot, circular depression. On a panel 
 on the foot is inscribed the date 1569. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight: 3 oz. 5 dwt. 
 
 Diinensions : diameter, 4f ; width of rim, -^ ; diameter of 
 foot, If; height, if; depth of depression, f. 
 
 181. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver, early 
 
 17th cent. St Benedict's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 Two bands of strap ornament surround the bowl, and one 
 band of similar work covers the base. 
 
 Inscription: (under the foot) * BENET * PARRYSH. 
 
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 95 
 
 Marks: none. 
 Weight : 8 oz. 15 dwt. 
 Dimensions : height, 6| ; depth of bowl, 3| ; diameter of 
 
 bowl, 3^. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Similar ornament on outer surface to that on Chalice ; 
 inscribed on the foot with B P. 
 
 Marks : (on rim) obliterated. 
 Weight : 2 oz. 6 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions : height, i ; depth of depression, -^ ; diameter, 
 4i. 
 
 182. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver-gilt, 
 1623. //o/y Trinity Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Chalice. 
 Inscriptions : (on bowl, in Roman capitals) THE GIFT OF 
 
 WILLIAM ROWLAND TO TRINITIE CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE : 
 
 ano : d :: 1622 : (Under foot) REPAIR'd A.D. 1827 WILLIAM 
 COE CHARLES CLAYDON CHURCHWARDENS. And (stippled) 
 23.8^^ 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1622-3; London Assay; T F in 
 a shield. 
 Weight : 
 
 Dimettsions : height, 9| ; depth of bowl, 4f ; diameter of 
 bowl, 3| ; diameter of foot, 4. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Marks : as on Chalice. 
 
 Weight : 
 
 Dimensions : height, f J ; diameter, 4|. 
 
96 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 183. Chalice ; silver, 1623. 
 
 St Giles Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscription: (under base) FOR THE PARRYSHE IN 1622 
 CAMBR + H . T MINISTER + IS + T P + CHURCH W + 
 
 Marks: E of 1622-3; lion passant; leopard's head 
 crowned ; R B in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 17-4002. 
 
 Dimensions: height, 9; depth of bowl, 5; diameter of 
 bowl, 4^. 
 
 184. Chalice; silver, 1628. 
 
 St Edward' s Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscriptions : (on bowl) S. EDWARDS PARISH / CAMBRIDGE ; 
 and g^^g. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1627-8; London Assay; WS in 
 an oval. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8^ ; depth of bowl, 4f ; diameter of 
 bowl, 4. 
 
 185. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1630. 
 
 St Benedict's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 Inscription: (under foot) Geuen TO S^ BENETS ONE 
 Gilt Comunion Cup with a Couer by Mrs Smith. 
 1629. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1629-30; London Assay; RA 
 with fleur-de-lis under, in a shield. 
 
 Weight: 13 oz. 
 
 Dimensions: height, 8^; depth of bowl, 4|; diameter of 
 bowl, 3j. 
 
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 07 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Inscribed on foot, in stippled letters, B P. 
 Marks : same as on Chalice. 
 Weight : 4 oz. 3 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: diameter, 5{ ; height, i{; depth of depres- 
 sion, \\. ^ 
 
 186. Alms-dish; silver, 1632. 
 
 Holy Tenuity Church, Cambridge. 
 
 The depression is cinquefoil, with plain raised boss in 
 centre ; the rim is ornamented with five cherubs' heads 
 repousse, the wing feathers formed into volutes ; engraved 
 volutes at cusps of depression. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 163 1-2; London Assay; G B in 
 a shield. 
 
 Weight : 
 
 Dimensions : height, 2 ; depth of depression in centre, ^ ; 
 diameter, 9^. 
 
 187. Paten ; silver, 1650. 
 
 St Edward's Church, Cambridge, 
 
 Inscription: S*^ : Edw°^ : Camb : and the weight, "6 : 10." 
 Marks : year letter of 1649-50; London Assay ; S P in an 
 oval. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 2\ ; diameter, 6|. 
 
 188. Flagon; silver, 1660. 
 
 St Benedict's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscription: {on bowl, in script) THIS FLAGGON BOUGHT 
 AT THE Charge of the Parishoners of S^ Bennets 
 in Cambridge / 1658. 
 
 Marks: (on rim and lid) year letter of 1659-60; London 
 Assay; XX (as in Cripps, 1665 or 1672). 
 Weight: 34 oz. 10 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions : total height, g\ ; depth of bowl, 7^ ; diameter 
 of bowl, 3 J ; diameter of foot, 6. 
 
 7 
 
98 plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 189. Chalice; silver, 1705. 
 
 S^ Bdward's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscriptions: (round bowl) " GIVEN FOR Y^ USE OF Y^ SiCK 
 COMUNICANTS OF S"^ EDWARDS PARISH IN CAMBRIDGE / 
 
 BY Mrs Dor : Roderick." (Under foot) "a- 0-1734." 
 " W 4 . 5." 
 
 Arms: (on bowl) a lion passant gardant, impaling a 
 chevron ermine between three bulls' heads caboshed. 
 
 Marks: (on lip) year letter of 1704-5; London Assay; 
 [maker's mark undecipherable]. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 3 J ; depth of bowl, 2| ; diameter of 
 bowl, 2j. 
 
 190. Flagon; silver, 1711. 
 
 St Edward's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscription: (round vessel) '*Deo et Ecclesi^ S"' 
 Edwardi Cantabrigi^ Jacobus Johnson LLD / Vica- 
 RIUS IN Spiritualibus Generalis Reverendi Patris 
 Episcopi / Eliensis hanc Lagenam sacrvm esse voluit 
 Decembris • 25 • 1711 . "; and the sacred monogram. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1711 ; London Assay; SL with a 
 pellet below in a shield ; [for Sleath]. 
 
 Dimensions: height, iif ; diameter at top, 4, 
 
 191. Alms-dish; silver, 1711. 
 
 St Edward's Church, Cambridge. 
 
 Inscriptions: (round rim) S"^ EDWARDS PARISH IN 
 Cambridge, 1711. (In centre) the sacred monogram. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1711 ; London Assay; SL with a 
 pellet below, in a shield. 
 
 Dimensions : height, |; diameter, 8f. 
 
II. ECCLESIASTICAL. 99 
 
 192. Incense Ship; silver-gilt, late 15th cent. 
 
 The Earl of Carysfort. 
 
 This is a boat-shaped covered vessel on a hexagonal stem 
 and foot. Round the rim is a moulding, surmounted by a 
 battlement and enriched with a small stamped ornament 
 consisting of five pellets. Four ribs connect the rim with the 
 foot and a rib crosses the cover from side to side ; these ribs 
 have similar mouldings to the rim. At each end of the 
 vessel is a ram's head, as a rebus on Ramsey ; a horn has 
 been broken off one head. Half the cover is made to open 
 on a hinge. In the centre of each portion of the cover is 
 engraved a seeded double Tudor rose; in the centre of that 
 on the lid is fixed a small hexagonal knob as a handle. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight : 
 
 Dimensions: length, 11^; width, ; height, ; height 
 of stem, if; depth of bowl, i. 
 
 The rams' heads at each end of the boat are supposed to 
 identify the vessel with Ramsey Abbey, and the Tudor roses 
 on the cover, to fix its earliest date as i486. It was found 
 with the thurible (No. 193) in Whittlesea Mere in 1850. 
 
 Figured in the Reliquary^ Vol. 5. N. S. (1891). 
 
 193. Thurible; silver-gilt, c. 1375. 
 
 The Earl of Carysfort. 
 
 A censer with a circular shallow bowl on a circular foot, 
 and with a cover of architectural character. 
 
 The bowl is plain, with a moulding round the rim con- 
 taining a minute enrichment. The lower rim of the foot is 
 pierced with quatrefoils. 
 
 The standing rim of the cover is battlemented and pierced 
 with trefoils. The pierced part of the cover is in the form of 
 
lOO PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 the louvre on the roof of a hall. It is hexagonal in plan and 
 consists of two vertical stages and a spire. At each angle of 
 the lower stage is a pair of buttresses surmounted by a 
 pinnacle. The alternate sides are pierced with windows of 
 four lights with flowing tracery in two orders, and terminate 
 in crocketed gables. The other sides are longer and are 
 pierced with four cusped lancets under a level parapet, battle- 
 mented and pierced with trefoils. 
 
 ' The upper stage is a regular hexagon, with a small 
 buttress at each angle. The gables of the lower stage rise in 
 front of three sides, which are pierced with two cusped 
 lancets ; the other sides contain traceried windows of two 
 lights under crocketed gables. This stage is finished by a 
 continuous parapet like that on the alternate sides of the 
 lower stage. The spire is hexagonal, with crocketed ribs on 
 the angles, and with a finial in the form of a pine-apple ; 
 the faces of the spire are engraved with a chevron pattern. 
 The thurible is swung on three chains hanging from a plate 
 to which a ring handle is attached ; the edge of the plate is 
 battlemented. The chains pass through the flat part of the 
 cover and are attached to the rim of the bowl. The cover is 
 raised by a chain attached to the finial. This chain passes 
 through the plate from which the censer hangs. When the 
 vessel is hanging the cover can be raised by pulling the 
 chain, the three other chains acting as guides. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Weight : nearly 50 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 1 1 ; height of bowl, 2 J ; height of 
 foot, I ; diameter of bowl, 54 ; diameter of foot, 3f ; length of 
 chain and handle, 33. 
 
 This censer is supposed to have belonged to Ramsey 
 Abbey. It was found with the incense boat, No. 192, in 
 Whittlesea Mere in 1850. 
 
 Figured in Shaw's Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages ; and in the Reliqtiary, 
 Vol. 5. N. S. {1891). 
 
ii. ecclesiastical. iqi 
 
 194. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver, i 569. 
 
 Abington Pigotts. 
 
 Chalice. ^ 
 
 Marks : none. 
 
 Dime7isio7is : height, 6 ; depth of bowl, 4^ ; diameter of 
 bowl, 4^. 
 
 Inscription: For • THE • ToWEN • OF • Abyngton • 
 next • Shynge. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Marks: none. 
 
 Inscriptio7i : (on foot) 1569. 
 
 195. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver, 1569. 
 
 Willingham. 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 Mark : a flat fish in an oval. Weight : 11 oz. 6 dwt. 
 
 Dimensions: height, 6\\ depth of bowl, 3|; diameter of 
 rim of bowl, 4|. 
 
 Inscription : (round centre of bowl) FOR • THE • TOWN • 
 OF • wyllyngham. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Mark : as on chalice. Weight : 5 oz. 3 dwt. 
 Inscribed: (on foot) 1569. 
 
v07 ; .;, plate exhibition 1 895. 
 
 196. Chalice and Cover Paten, 1639. 
 
 Little Shelford. 
 Chalice. 
 
 Marks: A of 1638-9; London Assay ; I W with a star 
 below in a shield. 
 
 Weight : 6 oz. 1 8 dwt. 
 
 Dimefisions : height, 5|; depth of bowl, 3| ; diameter of 
 fim of bowl, 3|. 
 
 Inscription: This Belongeth to Littell Shill- 
 
 FORTH. 
 
 Paten. 
 Marks: as on chalice. Weight: 2 oz. 13 dwt. 
 
 197. Chalice and Cover ; silver, 1677. 
 
 Litlington. 
 
 A porringer used as a chalice. The lower part of the 
 bowl and the cover ornamented with acanthus. 
 
 Marks: (bowl) year letter of i^T^-y \ London Assay; 
 A • H with a star above and below. (Cover) year letter of 
 1678-9 ; London Assay ; W M with a star and two pellets 
 above and one pellet below in a shield. 
 
 Weight: bowl, 13*3602. ; cover, 3*42 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4^ ; depth of bowl, 5^^ ; diameter of 
 bowl, 5^ ; height of cover, \\. 
 
 Inscription: DONUM Rebekae Archer Relictae 
 Timothei Archer S : St^« Theologiae D"^ / nec non 
 DE Blonham et Mepshall nuper Rectoris Apri^^' 14. 
 
 1681. 
 
ii. ecclesiastical. io3 
 
 198. Chalice and Cover Paten; silver, 1691. 
 
 Fen Ditton, 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 A spout has been added to the chalice with the object of ^ 
 converting it into a flagon. The paten would fit as a cover 
 but for this. 
 
 Marks: year letter of 1 690-1 ; London Assay; I C with 
 a crown above and a pellet below. 
 
 Weight: 13-4602. (inscribed, " 18 18"). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 8f ; depth of bowl, 4| ; diameter of 
 bowl, 4^. 
 
 Inscription : Deo Sacrum IN USUM ECCLESIAE Paro- 
 chialis de Fen ditton in Comitatu Cantabrige"^' An : 
 DoM: 1691. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Marks', as on chalice. Weight: 5*2902. 
 Dimensions: diameter, 5; height, \\\ depth of depres- 
 sion, \. Inscription ; I H S. 
 
 199. Chalice; silver, 1699. 
 
 Efnmanuel Congregational Church, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 A porringer used as a chalice. The lower part of the 
 bowl has spiral flutings, repousse. 
 
 Marks: C of 1698-9 ; Britannia ; lion's head erased ; BO 
 with a mitre above and a fleur-de-lis below [for John 
 Bodington. Cripps, 1701]. 
 
 Weight: 14 oz. 18 dwt. (inscribed, "15:8: "). 
 
 Dimensions : height, 4| ; diameter, 5. 
 
 Inscriptions : (i) Given by / Mrs S. Ewens / 1756. 
 
 (2) v^s- 
 
104 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 200. Chalice and Cover; silver, 1558. 
 
 Waterbeach. 
 
 A cup of tazza form with repousse ornament of dolphins 
 &c. The finial of the cover has been broken off. 
 
 Marks: V of 1557-8; London assay; W (as in Cripps, 
 1557)- 
 
 Weight: 9'i oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 6J-f ; height of stem, 3^^ ; depth of 
 bowl, 2^\ diameter of bowl, ^y^\ diameter of foot, 3^. 
 
 M 
 Inscriptions: (i) — ; (2) Waterbeach PARISH (the 
 
 latter inscription is modern). 
 
 201. Chalice and Cover Paten ; silver parcel- 
 gilt, 1563. Heydon, 
 
 Chalice. 
 
 Marks: E of 1562-3; London assay; maker's mark 
 illegible. 
 
 Weight: 7*3 oz. 
 
 Dimensions : height, 5| ; depth of bowl, 2| ; diameter of 
 bowl, 3|. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Marks : same as on chalice. 
 Weight : y^y oz. 
 
 Dimensions : diameter, 3| ; height, 3 J ; depth of de- 
 pression, 3 J. 
 
III. 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY MACES. 
 
 202. Maces ; silver-gilt. 
 
 University of Cambridge. 
 
 The University Maces^ are four in number, three for 
 Esquire bedells (Maces A, B, C) and one for a Yeoman bedell 
 (Mace D). 
 
 Maces A, B, and C. 
 
 The head has on its upper surface the Royal Arms of the 
 Stuart Kings. 
 
 Round the top is a crown of alternate fleurs-de-lys and 
 Maltese crosses. Between them is a ball on a point. The 
 rounded underside of the knob is divided into four parts by 
 upright pieces of Renaissance ornament of scroll work about 
 a human figure. In two of the Maces the spaces between 
 these are blank, in the other they are occupied by a rose, 
 fleur-de-lys and thistle surmounted by a crown, and the fourth 
 was occupied by a harp, but the crown only remains. This 
 ornament is applique, not embossed. 
 
 The staves are engraved with the escallops of the donor's 
 arms, and are divided into six compartments by rings, the 
 three nearest to the centre being larger than the others and 
 having appropriate mottoes on them in Roman caps. The 
 
 ^ The Notes on the four following Maces are taken from a paper by A. P. 
 Humphry, M.A., Esquire Bedell, in the Camb. Antiq. Soc. Conini. Vol. iv. p. 207. 
 
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I06 PLATE EXHIBITION 1 895. 
 
 mouldings above and below the mottoes are of Elizabethan 
 character. 
 
 The mottoes are taken from one of the Latin editions of 
 the Bible, not the Vulgate, and are as follows : 
 
 Mace A : 
 Dux erat super eos Jehovah cum eo. i Paral. 9. 20. 
 Factae sunt ei virgae solidae in sceptra regentium. Ezech. 
 
 19. II. 
 Dux tibi sit semper talis et iste dui {sic for diu). Mart. 
 
 L. 12 Eps. 
 
 Mace B : 
 Tolle virgam et congrega populum. Num. 20. 8. 
 Me duce certus eris. Mart. Lib. i. Ep. 4. 
 Virga tua et baculus consolantur me. Psal. 23. 4. 
 
 MaceC: 
 Portans virgam Dei in manu sua. Exod. 4. 20. 
 Virtute duce comite fortuna. (Cic. Ep. ad Fam. xiii. § 2.) 
 Annon ipse baculus manus nostrae. Tobi. 5. 25. 
 
 The lower knob has a little foot intended to rest on the 
 ground and is similarly divided into four quarters containing 
 {i) a shield bearing University Arms ; (2) the crest of George 
 Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, viz. a lion rampant arg. ducally 
 crowned or; (3) the badge of his office of High Admiral, viz. a 
 cabled anchor ; (4) his coat of arms, viz. arg. a cross gu. charged 
 with five escallops or. Below the University Arms is the 
 motto: MARS MUSAS, as used on the seal of 1580, and below 
 the Duke of Buckingham's arms: FIDEI COLVICULA CRUSO, 
 where " colvicula " is a misreading of " coticula." 
 
 Presented by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Chancellor of the 
 University 1626, assassinated 1628. 
 
 Mace D. 
 
 The Yeoman Bedell's Mace is like the others, except that 
 the staff is of mahogany with the central part encircled by 
 two silver rings engraved with the motto DITIOR EST QUI SE. 
 
III. THE UNIVERSITY MACES. IO7 
 
 The silver work was formerly gilded, of which traces 
 remain. 
 
 The lower knob is smaller and almost plain, and ends in a 
 pyramidal point. The silver coverings of the upper and 
 lower part are engraved with the cross crosslets of the donor's 
 -arms, which appear in a shield at the upper end. 
 
 The arms are those of the University and of the Earl 
 of Holland, viz. : a chevron between three cross crosslets 
 differenced by a crescent ; with the crest : on a mount vert a 
 wivern rising or, and an Earl's coronet. The Royal arms on 
 the top of the maces were doubtless cut out during the 
 Commonwealth period, but were replaced in 1663, as appears 
 from the bill preserved at the Registry. Traces of this are 
 visible in the interior of the knobs. , 
 
 Presented by Henry Rich, Earl Holland, who succeeded the Duke of 
 Buckingham as Chancellor of the University in 1628 and was beheaded in 1648. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY J. AND C. F. CLAY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
 
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