Item 2 - Acquisitions, gifts and bequests

Includes correspondence relating to acquisition of silver for the College by the William Hustler, the College Butler, from either Lambert silversmiths at 11 Coventry Street, London or Garrard's on Panton Street, London. Hustler describes which old College silver could be disposed of to pay for the new, what qualities the new silver should have and includes a diagram about how it should be laid on the table, c.1830; donation in 1849 by Dr. William French of twelve dessert forks; Bequest in 1896 by Alderman Death of three epergnes; Gift in 1896 of gold memorial cross in memory of E. H. Morgan (topaz jewel insets supplied by Mrs. Morgan); Gift in 1915 by E. Llewellyn Jones of pineapple cup made in Nuremburg c,1660 and embossed alms dish, c.1650; Gift in 1936 by James Paterson of a silver cockerel collected by his cousin Herbert Paterson; Bequest in 1936 by Dr. T. B. Dickens of a gold chalice; Gift in 1968 by Lady Lane Poole of Tobias Rustat's snuff box; Note concerning gift in 2006 of processional cross and a silver plate given by the parents of student Duncan Roland who died in 2006; Copy of note from M. D. Wood of Gonville and Caius confirming he collected the Caius Haarhof Trophy on 10th September 2007;