2-982-603 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Testimonial lately presented to the Rev. E. Coleridge by Old Etonians, 1858. Gift for a school teacher '...on the occasion of his retiring from the tutorship which he had held...for upwards of thirty-two years. In that important field of duty Mr. Coleridge laboured with remarkable energy and success, and he had the satisfaction not only of seeing many whom he had trained attain to eminence and distinction in their various careers, but also of retaining their warm feelings of personal regard and attachment to himself in after life...the very elegant candelabrum and other articles...were the workmanship of Messrs. Widdowson and Veale, of the Strand...The...candelabrum [is] of a novel and elegant design, the branches uniting with the stem forming a continuous and elegant outline, dividing at the top into six sconces for lights, the smaller scrolls supporting a richly-perforated basket, containing a glass for flowers; and four dessert-dishes...The larger pieces are enriched with groups of deer and horses, very carefully modelled, resting under ample vine foliage. The two smaller are formed of the vine only...The candelabrum is inscribed as follows: "A token of gratitude and affection from his old pupils to Edward Coleridge. Eton, 1858".' From "Illustrated London News", 1858.