Tazza
Jenner and Knewstub
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Agate, Gilt
Measurements
100 mm (H)325 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441198
Summary
[Saved] Gilt-metal tazza with shallow bowl and flat rim edged with rope-moulding and studded with cabochon agates. Inscribed with Earl's coronet, and dedication. Presented by local community to William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow on his 21st birthday. 'Presented to the Earl of Onslow by the parishioners of West Clandon on attaining his majority, March 7th 1874.' On reverse; Jenner and Knewstub, 33 St James's Street.
Provenance
Marked in Lady Iveagh’s 1966 Inventory, p14. Purchased in 1991 with the aid of a grant from the V&A Museum Purchase Grant Fund
Marks and inscriptions
Presented to the Earl of Onslow by the parishioners of West Clandon on attaining his majority, March 7th 1874. On reverse; Jenner and Knewstub, 33 St James's Street.
Makers and roles
Jenner and Knewstub, maker