Silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1842-3, mark of Mortimer and Hunt

Cup and cover with liner, silver-gilt. The design represents a growing vine rising from the base and changing to laurel round the body of the cup. On the shoulder sit four symbolic putti representing religion, piety, gentleness and humility. Round the base a curling snake, on the cover, a lion and lamb.

This cup and cover form part of a set along with a set of silver gilt cutlery (M.14-B,-1965) The design seems to be a stock patterm for presentation by Queen Victoria to her grandchildren. There is a duplicate set in the collection of the Duke of Beaufort. This naturalistic design is in the form of a growing vine, at the base of which sit four putti symbolising religion, piety, gentleness and humility. The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn was a god daughter of Queen Victoria who gave similar christening sets to her other godchildren. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn, was the daughter of Lady Jocelyn, a Lady of the Bedchamber from 1841 to 1867.

The Hon. Victoria Alexandrina Jocelyn, although not recorded in ‘Burke’s Peerage’, is thought to have been the eldest child of Robert Jocelyn, styled Viscount Jocelyn, and his wife Frances Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the 5th Earl of Cowper whom he married on 27 April 1841. Lady Jocelyn was a Lady of the Bedchamber from 1841-1867 and chosen by Queen Victoria as one of her train bearers at her Coronation. She was a member of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert.

CIRC.171 to B-1963