Cup
Thomas Pitts
Category
Silver
Date
1761 - 1762
Materials
Measurements
13.8 x 17.4 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516447.2
Summary
A cover for a cup, silver-gilt (sterling), mark of Thomas Pitts I, London 1761/2. The domed cover is raised, embossed and chased with sprays of flowers between spiral fluting. The cast finial is formed as a Bacchic cherub holding a bunch of grapes aloft. The cover’s flange is engraved ‘'In Memoriam Rog Coningsbye Ma Coningsbye Cath Dell Mar Dell Hon Car Yorke S Hucks Mar Browne Iac Vice Com Grunston extremia amicitiae pignora in unum Collegit C.D.' Heraldry: The arms and inscription are for Charles DELAET Esq of Potterells. Names on the flange of the cover are identified in the Master Object entry.
Full description
See master object entry for further information.
Provenance
Charles Delaet of Potterells, Hertfordshire David Black & Son of 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1, sold the cup to Lord Fairhaven on 20 February 1953, for £110, Invoice 2860 (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents National Trust
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the flange of the cover: Hallmarks: ‘TP’ (Thomas Pitts*), lion passant (sterling), leopard’s head (London), and ‘f’ (1761/2) *Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1976, p 204, no 2875
Makers and roles
Thomas Pitts, goldsmith