Chalice & Paten

English

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1530

The bowl is engraved; 'PATER DE CELIS DEUS MISERE NOBIS', with pomegranate & rosette between each word.The base is engraved; 'SANCTA MARIA ORA PRO NOBIS' and around the paten rim; 'SANCTA TRINITAS UNUS DEUS MISERE NOBIS'.

• Medium: silver-gilt
• Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £500 ( Total: £5,350)
• ArtFunded in: 1961
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Discovered during demolition work at Pillaton Hall in 1760. Suggested that the chalice and paten might originally have belonged to St Thomas's Abbey, nr Stafford; The Lord Hatherton.

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