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Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker     Order Form     Request more information
Reference: S1263
Period: Victorian
Year: 1875
Silversmith: Edward Ker Reid
Place: London
Price: $ 900.00
Weight: 260 grams
Dimensions: height 14.2 cm, diameter 7.9.cm
Condition: Excellent. Light polishing scratches around hallmark, slight discolouration in places that will polish out in time.

Description: A silver beaker of extremely high quality, with lobed and reeded body on gadrooned foot, and gilded interior. The beaker is of good weight and has a lovely feel. The beaker has a lovely crest, with the motto "Manners Makyth Man", and a latin motto "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" (shame upon him who thinks evil of it). The crest, which is well engraved, is that of Winchester College, Oxford, which was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Oxford. The latin motto is the motto of the "Order of the Knights of the Garter", which was formed in 1348 by King Edward III. Edward Ker Reid, who traded from Fleet Street in London, was the Grandson of Christian Ker Reid of Newcastle, who established Reid & Sons in newcastle in 1788. The hallmarks are very clear. The beaker holds 420 ml, or three quarters of a pint.
Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
Winchester beaker

Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
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Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
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Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
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Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
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Winchester College Antique Silver Beaker
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