Later inscription:
St John's Church Portsmouth N.H.
It is numbered 6 and marked with the weight, 9 oz. i 0 dwts.
Height, 81 in.; diameter of the mouth, 4 in., and of the base, 3-1 in.
Maker's mark: W, for William Whittemore of Portsmouth, circa 7 3 6.
The donor's will, of November 25, 11740, in which he describes himself as a
mariner of Portsmouth, contains the following clause: " I give to the Church of
England in this Town my Silver Tankard provided it Remains in the Same form
and not made into a Christening Bason." The tankard would seem to have been
remade into this chalice.
The dish is plain and circular, and is engraved with a crest, a demi-lion erased,
gorged with a ducal coronet, and the date 1 742. The reason for this date is not
apparent as the dish was not made until 175 9-60. It is inscribed:
Mrs. Sarah C. Marsh's Christmas Ofering to The Church, A.D.
1847.
The sacred trigram and St. Matt. xxviii. I9 & 20 vs, are engraved inside.
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Diameter, I o in.
London date-letter for 1 759-60. The maker's mark is illegible.
A pair of chalices " of the value of $ 2 0," were bequeathed in i 8 2 5 by Reuben
Shapley to this church.
Maker's mark: W.
American, circa I 8 2 5.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK,
CHRIST CHURCH
Founded in 1766.
N this church are a flagon, paten, two cups and two plates of silver.
The plain cylindrical flagon has gadrooned edges, and a gadrooned moulding
above the splayed base; it has a short spout, a domed cover with a ball finial,
and a flat hollow handle. No inscription.
Height, 12 in.
Maker's marks: woaI s-ff  g OQ@, for I. W. Forbes of New York city,
circa 18 1x5 -
The paten is of the same date and by the same maker.
The two plain plates are inscribed:
A donation to Christ Church from Catherine Reade 1 8 i 8.
No maker's marks.
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