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teenth century. The first is a plain beaker such as are peculiar to 

 Scotch churches from the late sixteenth century, when this type of 

 domestic drinking cup was introduced from Holland by traders 

 between that country and Scotland. In Holland it was in use both 

 for sacred and secular purposes at that time. 

 The King's College beaker is inscribed : 



For the Church of Kearn 1663. 

 Inscribed on the dish: 



Communion Plate 1776. 



When and how these two church vessels crossed the Atlantic 

 from Scotland is not recorded. 



The writer's next visit was to the Anglican Cathedral in the 

 City of Quebec, where several vessels the gift of George III are pre- 

 served. Among these is a pair of patens, wrought in London in 1803- 

 04, which bear this inscription : 



Hanc Pateram Nee non cœteram Supellectilem argenteam Divino cnltii 

 accomodatum In usum Ecclesiœ Consociatœ Angliœ & Hibernœ In 

 Diocesi Quebencensi Jiindatœ Sacrari Voluit Georgii Tertii 

 Britanniarum Regis Pia Munificentia Anno ah Incarnatione 

 MDCCCIV. 



One of the most ornate credence patens extant is in this cathedral. 

 Wrought by the same silversmiths and in the same year as the above 

 patens, it is embellished in the centre with the sacred monogram in 

 relief, supported by kneeling angels, and with the royal arms of George 

 III and the episcopal arms of Quebec. The two massive altar candle- 

 sticks were made in the previous year and were likewise the gift of 

 the same monarch. Equally ornate is the alms dish, which is enriched 

 in its centre with a representation of the Last Supper, and on the rim 

 with the symbols of the four Evangelists and the Holy Spirit, as well 

 as being decorated with the arms of the same royal donor and with 

 those of the see of Quebec. It stands on four feet in the form of 

 cherubs. This dish was made in London in 1803-04 and is one of the 

 most elaborate examples of ecclesiastical silver of this period. A 

 pair of massive vase-shaped flagons and a pair of chalices of the year 

 1803-04 and from the same workshop as the candlesticks and patens 

 complete the princely gift of George HI to the Anglican Cathedral of 

 Quebec. This gift, however, does not exhaust the list of silver sacra- 

 mental vessels. There are three other vessels, beginning with a plain 

 chalice of the same form and period (though not marked) as that of 

 Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia, and which bears the same 

 royal arms and cipher of George HI, while the second vessel is an alms 

 dish, the counterpart of the dish in the same Windsor Church and 



