The base is inscribed underneath:

H: Erick Bidrck : P : Fab : Fordom Vid China i Penyl-
vanien.
Translation:
Take and drink, this is my blood. The gift of the mining com-
pany of Falun to Holy Trinity Church at Christina in Pennsyl-
vania, A.D. I7 1 8. Assessor and mine master, Andrew Swab.
Magister Eric Bj6rk, pastor of Falun, formerly at Christina in
Pennsylvania.
Inscription on the knop:
I . N . R . I. S. I
Height, 98 in.; diameter of the mouth, 14in., and width of the base, 61 in.
It is stamped under the edge of the base with the mark of Gothenburg in Sweden
and two other illegible marks.
The paten is quite plain, without a foot, and is inscribed on the rim:
tager OcA, Att : ddtta ar min Ledomen
Translation:
Take and eat, this is my body.
Diameter, 6 in.
No marks.
The plain oval wafer-box is gilt inside. The inscription on the cover was
engraved in the nineteenth century:
Trinity ChurchI A.D. 1718
Marks: (i), the mark of Gothenburg in Sweden, ; (ii), the maker's mark, ;
(iii), th                                    aersmrk.C
1111.
Length, 3- in.; width, 2 in.; height, ix in.
Date, circa 17 18.
These three vessels are illustrated on Plate CXLII.
Rev. Eric Bjork, through whose influence these silver vessels were given to this
old Swedish Lutheran church, built in 1698 and still standing, was its pastor
from I 696 until he was recalled to Sweden in I7 1 3 by Charles XII. He was
pastor of the church at Falun, in Sweden, until his death in I740. His portrait
is in the Kristine church at Falun, which also contains an ornate silver flagon,
dated 1669, which was used by him during his ministry there.'
' From notes contributed by Gunnar Ekstram, the pastor.

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