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The "Dashwood" Cup. — This is a handsome 

 silver gilt standing Cup, or " Loving Cup, " 20 

 inches high and 7^ inches in diameter. On the 

 sides of the Cup, which are plain and frosted, are 

 three panels, containing the arms of the Company, 

 the arms of the donor, Alderman Sir Francis 

 Dashwood, Master in 1653, and the inscription, 

 '' The gift of Sir Francif Dajhwood to the Wor- 

 fhipftdl Company of Saddlers, Londoiz, May, 

 16^4!' The cover is cone-shaped and surmounted 

 by a horse, saddled and bridled (the Company's 

 crest). Original weight, 62 oz. 15 dwts. Hall 

 mark, 1651. Plate II., fig. 8. 



The " Fisher " Cup. — This is a tall standing 

 or '' Loving Cup" and cover, silver gilt. Height, 

 21 inches; diameter, 7 inches. It is richly chased, 

 and bears the arms of the Company and of the 

 donor, with the figures of two horses, saddled. 

 The intervening spaces are filled in by the acan- 

 thus form of decoration, so common at the period. 

 The cover is cone-shaped like that of the " Dash- 

 wood " Cup, and is also surmounted by a horse, 

 saddled and bridled ; under the rim of the cover 

 is inscribed, ^^ Ex dono Guilielmi Fisher genero si 

 in me^noriam patris sui, Edwardi Fisher olim 

 huJMs Societatis membri, Anno D^^^- 1662'' 

 Hall mark, 1661. Original weight, 61 oz. 15 dwts. 

 Plate II., fig. I. 



The '' Lee " Tankard. — A massive Tan- 

 kard, presented in 1676 by Edmund Lee, Master 



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