Alms dish
Category
Silver
Date
1654 - 1655
Materials
Silver and gold
Measurements
510 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
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Staunton Harold Church, Leicestershire
NT 426859
Summary
A silver gilt alms dish with a border of straight gadroons and engraved with a sacred monogram within rays on a slightly raised centre. On the reverse the weight has been stippled 'ozs 111'. (London - Hallmark for 1654-55. Maker's mark - a hound sejant.). This plate is related to plate made by the same goldsmith at Gloucester and Rochester Cathedrals, Fulham Palace and elsewhere. The communion cups and covered patens are particularly interesting in that, like certain other plate of the same period, they show an attempt to revive Gothic features associated with the work of the silversmiths of the fifteenth century. (Church Guide, last printed 1990 with additions 1990).
Provenance
The Chapel at Staunton Harold was presented to the National Trust by the 12th Earl Ferrers in 1954. A partial endowment was given by the Dulverton Trust, and the building was restored by public subscription and with a munificent grant from the Pilgrim Trust and grants from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and the Incorporated Church Building Society. On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Currently on show in the British Galleries.
Marks and inscriptions
hallmark for London, 1654/5, maker's mark - hound sejant