Post-Medieval — 1626; 17th century
Communion chalice
Silver-gilt chalice, with lipped and v-shaped bowl, baluster stem and graduated, spreading foot. It is marked with a maker's mark (R.B. and mullet) and with the date letter for 1626. The chalice is inscribed on the bowl ‘St Katherin Creechurch, 1626’. A paten, also from St Katherine Cree (see object 11005), forms the lid. St Katherine Cree was the only City church to be rebuilt between the death of Queen Elizabeth I (1603) and the beginning of the English Civil War (1642). It was consecrated in 1630 with high Anglican or ‘popish’ ceremony which offended Puritan Londoners. In 1633, William Laud was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury ‘to make [the Church of England] a reformed branch of the great Catholic Church throughout the world’. His policies resulted in mass Puritan emigration to America and growing hostility towards King Charles I, who supported him.
On loan from St Katherine Cree Church
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 11004
- Object name:
- Communion chalice
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- R.B.
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- Production date:
- 1626; 17th century
- Material:
silver, gilt
- Measurements/duration:
- H 300 mm (inc. paten), H 255 mm (excluding paten), DM 115 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Long-term loan
St Katharine Cree Church
- Copyright holder:
St Katharine Cree Church
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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