Maker's marks:F       n , for Caesar Ghiselin of Philadelphia.
Margaret Tresse, the donor of the above two vessels, was the daughter of Thomas
and Mary (Pearse) Tresse, and was baptized in Christ church, September 13,
17 1 3. She died December 4, x1732, a spinster. Her father was a vestryman of
this church, and was one of the donors of the silver paten to Holy Trinity church
at Oxford in Pennsylvania, described on page 36 1.
A silver plate, i i in. diameter, similar to the above, and a paten, 81 in. diameter,
are inscribed:
Mrs. Sarah Redman To Christ Church Communion Table I 18 2 5
Maker's mark: T. FLETCHER for Thomas Fletcher of Philadelphia, 1825.
PHILAD*
There is also a plain silver chalice, inscribed: CArist CAurch PHILADELPHIA, by
the same maker, Thomas Fletcher.
A spoon with a pierced bowl and a pointed end, 7 in. long, inscribed: X.T.C.
Maker's mark: A. Dubois, for A. Dubois of Philadelphia, circa 1 8oo.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Founded in x698.
ELONGING to this church are a cup, four salvers and four mugs, all of
plain silver. All these are illustrated on Plate CXIV.
The large cup has a bell-shaped body with a short spout, two scrolled
handles, a moulded base, and a high domed cover with a chased and
floriated finial. Inscription:
The Legacy of  The Rev' Jen4in Jones, who Died July 16"
1760.
Total height, i 21 in.; diameter of the mouth, 61 in., and of the base, 41 in.
The maker's mark, which is indistinct, is probably WB in a rectangle, for William
Ball of Philadelphia, circa I 760.
Rev. Jenkin Jones, the donor, was born in 16 8 6 at Llandydoch in Pembrokeshire,
Wales, and emigrated to America in I7 i . He joined what was known as the
Welsh Tract church, by which he was called to the ministry in 1724. He became
minister at Pennepek (now Pennypack) in Pennsylvania in I7 2 5. He died July 6,
17 60, at Philadelphia, aged 74, and his wife, Hannah, died May 30, 17 5 8, aged
82. According to the minutes of this church, under date of July 3, I 762, it was
directed that his legacy should be applied to buying a communion cup and that
should it cost more than the amount of the legacy, " the old silver cup (now belong-
ing to the meeting) should be sold to help paying for the new. The cup cost f2 5,
368