POMPEON HILL CHURCH, ST THOMAS'S PARISH,
SOUTH CAROLINA
Founded in 1747.
N this church are two plain old silver chalices, which belonged to St Thomas's
parish before the chapel of Pompeon Hill was declared a chapel-of-ease.
Both chalices are illustrated on Plate XLV.
The first has a bell-shaped body on a slender stem and a moulded base.
Inscription:
BELONGING TO S' THOMAS PARISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA ANNo DoM 171 1.
Height, 81 in.
Maker's mark: q, as on a similar silver chalice, originally in St Paul's church,
Stono, but now in St Paul's church, Summerville, South Carolina.
American, 17 1 1.
The other chalice has a deeper bell-shaped body, on a bell-shaped stem and a
moulded base.
Inscription:
Belonging to the Parish of St Thomas in South Carolina 1753.
Height, 9 in. No maker's marks.
English, circa 17 50.
PORTLAND, MAINE
FIRST PARISH IN FALMOUTH (NOW PORTLAND)
Founded in 1674.
N this church are two old silver tankards and a mug. All are illustrated on
Plate CXVI.
The two plain tankards are a pair, and are cylindrical in shape with moulded
lips and bases, mouldings on the bodies, domed and moulded covers with
turned finials, scrolled thumb-pieces, and small bosses on the handle-ends.
Inscription, in a four-lined circle:
The first I Church of Christ I N  FALMOUTH
Weights marked: 19 oz. i6 dwt. I g., and 19 oz. ii dwt.
Height, 74 in.; diameter of the mouth, 37 in., and of the base, 4! in.
Maker's mark: B       for Daniel Boyer of Boston (circa I 725-79).
The pint mug is of the plain "bellied" shape, with a moulded lip and base, and
a hollow, rounded, scrolled handle, with a leaf on the top.
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