By Moss Morris

By Moss Morris, an Arts and Crafts presentation silver porringer,

London 1905,

circular form, scroll handles, spot-hammered decoration, later inscribed 'John Amery from his Godfather John Simon May 8th 1912', height 6.8cm, approx. weight 5oz.

John Amery, the son of Rt Hon Leo Amery MP and Florence Amery, was born on 14 March 1912. Parliamentary archives show that he was christened on 8 May 1912 in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, in the Crypt of the House of Commons.

John Amery's trial for high treason during the Second World War opened at the Old Bailey on 28 November 1945. He had been recruited by the Nazis in France, was captured by Italian partisans in April 1945, and held in British military custody from May 1945. He was sentenced to death by hanging and executed at Wandsworth Prison on 19 December 1945.

John Amery's younger brother was Julian Amery, Conservative MP, Privy Councillor and later a life peer (Baron Amery of Lustleigh) who married Catherine, the daughter of Harold Macmillan.