QUEEN CAROLINE PARISH, HOWARD AND
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTIES, MARYLAND
Founded in 1728.
SMALL plain bell-shaped chalice on a bell-shaped stem with amoulded
base.
Inscription:
-Queen Caroline Parish I in Annarundel County Maryland j 1748
The weight marked is x oz. x o dwts.
Height, 71 in.; diameter of the mouth, 3' in., and of the base, 31 in.
London date-letter for 1747-48. Maker's mark: M.F.
A small plain cylindrical flagon with a splayed and moulded base, a domed
cover, and an open scrolled thumb-piece. The inscription is the same as on the
above chalice.
The weight marked is 32 oz. 5 dwts.
Height, 91in.; diameter of the mouth, 3' in., and of the base, 6 in.
London date-letter for 1747-48. Maker's mark: M.F.
This service is illustrated on Plate CXX.
This service of silver was bought in London in I 748, as is confirmed by the fol-
lowing note in the church records: " The Rev. James Macgill brought to the
vestry a Flagon, Chalice and Patine of silver, which were bought by Mr. William
Hunt, merchant, in London, according to instructions, and on each of them
are engraved these words, viz. ' Queen Caroline Parish in Anne Arundel county,
Maryland, i 74 8."' Rev. James Macgill was rector of this parish from I7 30 until
the Revolution; his death occurred December 26, 1779.
The paten has been re-made, and the old inscription engraved.
Maker's marks: @ @ (. American, nineteenth century.
QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS,
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY (UNITARIAN)
Founded in 16 39-
HE silver of this church, originally known as Braintree, consists of
four caudle cups, two communion cups on stems, three tankards
and two beakers.
The first of the caudle cups is gourd-shaped, the upper part being
plain and the lower part slightly embossed with sprays of flowers
and leaves on a matted surface; above and below this decoration are rows of
punched dots; the base is low and plain. Both handles are scrolled and solid.
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