Loving cup, double scroll handles, dark green slip ground with sgraffito decoration.
Front of cup shows the Howard family crest and part of the inscription
“Loyal Henry Howard Toujours” which runs around the centre in a band.
Caroline Bateman née Howard was the daughter of Henry Howard, Dean of Lichfield Cathedral, and niece
of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, whose family seat was Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
The inscription is presumed to be a reference by Caroline to her late father,
and that her loyaty or allegiance would always be to her ancestral Howard family.
Mark: Impressed SALOPIAN mark
Height: 140mm / 5.5in
Date: 1897
Provenance: Descendants of the Howard family; Lawrences, Crewkerne, Somerset (5 July 2018);
Nock Deighton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire (17 Oct 2018); Private collection, UK