Silver Patens, Communion Cup and Flagons

Various

Grosvenor Museum

1570-1729

Seven pieces of silver from Chester Churches inscribed with the names of donors. 1) Silver gilt Flagon, maker Hugh Roberts, London 1696-7; 2-3) A Pair of silver plate Patens, maker Hugh Roberts; 4) Elizabethan Communion Cup, maker William Mutton, Chester; 5-6) Pair of Silver Flagons, maker Seth Lofthouse, London 1701-2; 7) Jug or Ewer, maker Humphrey Payne, London 1728-9.

• Medium: silver
• Art Fund Grant: £2500 ( Total: £28,210)
• ArtFunded in: 1989
• Vendor: Archdeacon of Chester

Provenance

The pieces come from a group of nineteen pieces formerley churches in Chester, now declared redundant.

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