Commemorative cup
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silver
Measurements
105 x 212 mm; 153 mm (Diameter)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401681
Summary
Silver two-handled cup, impressed with 14 bulbous sections. Scrolled handles. Engraved 'Presented by William Simpson Esq to Mr John Kitton in testimony of his zeal, activity and ability in raising a public subscription for placing Mr Simpson's portrait in St Andrews Hall and in promoting that gentleman to the Office of Town Clerk of Norwich on the 21st of Nov 1826'. Hallmarked 'RP, lion, leopard's head, I, Victoria's head'.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)