The Kit Cat Club

The Kit Cat Club, 19th century silver and mixed metals goblet,

unmarked,

the copper bowl of urn form, applied with the badge of the Kit Cat Club 1703, on a plain raised circular foot, height 14cm.

The Kit-Cat Club was an early 18th-century club in London with strong political and literary associations. It committed to the furtherance of Whig objectives, meeting at the Trumpet tavern in London. A nickname for Christopher is "Kit." Christopher Catt was the keeper of a pie-house in Shire Lane, by Temple Bar, where the club originally met. His famous mutton pies ("Kit-Cats") were named after him, and formed a standing dish at meetings of the club.