Monteith

Object/Artifact

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Monteith

Entry/Object ID

4820

Category

Metal

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Philip Syng Physick Fell, Boca Grande, FL

Notes

Date: 1979 Credit Line: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Philip Syng Physick Fell Means of Accession: Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Chrichton Bros.

Date made

1909 - 1910

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

City mark: Underside, Lion's head erased within a rectangle with rounded top and clipped bottom corners Date letter: Underside, "O" Roman lettering within a rectangle with clipped upper corners and scalloped bottom edge Maker's mark: Underside, "CRICHTO

Dimensions

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

10-1/4 in

Length

11-1/2 in

Material

Silver

Exhibitions

Curator Pick of the Month
What Am I?
Holding Your Drink: 3,000 Years of Drinking Vessels from the Drexel and Salzberg Collections

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Curator Pick of the Month

Label

To toast to the new year, the curator's pick for January is this elaborate silver monteith with chased and cast ornament. Monteiths were used to wash or cool wine glasses. The bases of the glasses would hang in the notches along the rim, allowing the bowls of the glasses to hang in the cool water. The monteith is on view on the 3rd floor of the Main Building in our display "What Am I?" Come test your knowledge on the iPad quiz and learn more about some of the rare and interesting artifacts in the collection.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Monteiths were used to cool glasses or rinse them between drinks. Wine glasses were inverted into the bowl with the base of the glass supported by the notches around the rim.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Wine glass coolers like this were called monteiths, supposedly after a Scottish lord named Monteith who wore capes with scalloped edges.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Montieths were used to cool glasses or rinse them between drinks. Wine glasses were inverted into the bowl with the base of the glass supported by the notches around the rim.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

The five marks found on English silver were the maker’s mark, the city mark (for London a crowned leopard’s head), the standard or sterling mark (a passant gardant lion), the date letter, and the duty mark (sovereign’s head).

General Notes

Note

Per Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition Online Exhibition (Winterthur, 4/28/13-1/6/13): Monteiths were used to wash or cool wine glasses. The bases of the glasses were hung from the notches along the rim, allowing the bowls of the glasses to hang in the cool water. The earliest known silver monteith was made in England with the date-mark for 1684/85.