Chalice & Paten
Artist: English
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1530
Materials: silver-gilt
Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £5,350)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 2053 (1961)
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.
Description:
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'.
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