Baptism set
Category
Silver
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silver
Measurements
64 x 67 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340016
Summary
Priest's Baptism set, two cylindrical vessels with hinged lids, attached by two bars. Cross finials and one engraved with initials O.S and the other S.C. on the lids. 'Silver vessel for Holy Oils, joined oil stocks, marled O.S. and S.C., oilum sanctum and oilum christum, used in the Catholic Right of Baptism' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
O.S/S.C