Hunt & Roskell Ewer with coat of arms

This is an amazing quality silver wine ewer with a truly superb engraved coat-of-arms to one side. The quality throughout is first rate from the solid handle terminating in a bird claw to the richly gilt interior. The ewer was made by the premier retailers Hunt & Roskell who were silvermiths to Queen Victoria and formerly the business began by Paul Storr. This is a tall pitcher with a good capacity and hefty weight - perfect for claret and other fine wines.

The coat of arms is surmounted by a cock's head crest and has the motto below "Virtute Vivo" which translates to "I Live Virtuously". The arms are those of the family of Sheringham with an escutcheon of pretence for the family of Tryon.

These armorial bearings undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of John William Sheringham (1820 - 1904) and Caroline Harriet Tryon (1822-1888). John graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge and was eventually ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1844.  During his career as a churchman he served as Curate of St Barnabas, Kensington (1843-48); Vicar of Strood, Kent (1848-64); Vicar of Standish with Hardwicke, Gloucestershire (1865-89); Honorary Canon of Gloucester (1873-89); Residentiary Canon (1889-1904) and Archdeacon of Gloucester (1881-1902). We can provide a professional report on the arms and details about the original owners to the purchaser of this piece.