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No8. 2 and 3. Diameter 9Jin. They stand on three claw feet 

 and have shajied and moulded rims. In the centre are the city 

 arms and supporters, and a broad border of engraved ornament. 

 The hall-mai-ks are as in No. 1 ; the date letter is for 1745. 



No. 4 has the London hall-mark for 1846 and the maker's initials 

 C. R., G. S. It measures 16-Un. in diameter, and stands Ifin. 

 high on three scroll legs. It has a shaped and moulded rim, and 

 the surface is covered with elaborate ornamentation, with this in- 

 scription in the centre : — 



" This Salver and Tea Service intended to have been presented to the 

 late Hewry Halcher by his Pupils as a testimonial of their feelings of 

 gratitude and esteem towards him as a Tutor and Friend, were in 

 conseg^uence of his lamented death on the 16th of December, 1846,. 

 given to his son, Will"*- Henry Hatcher, C. S., on the Qth day of 

 April, 1847 " 1 



And round the outside of the engraved ornament is the further 

 inscription : — 



" Bequeathed to the Corporation of New Sarum, by the above-named 

 Mr. William Henry Hatcher, 1879. W. Uicks^ Mayor," 



The Tea and Coffee Ser-s'ice consists of tea-pot, coffee-pot, 

 sugar-basin, and cream- jug, and bears the same hall-marks as 

 Salver No. 3 above. All the pieces stand on four scroll feet, and 

 have rather poor repousse ornamentation, with the city arms on one 

 side, and on the other the inscription : — " W. H. Hatcher's Bequest, 

 1879." 



A Pair of Candlesticks, of massive make, standing 12|^in. 

 high, with the arms of the city engraved on their bases, and under- 

 neath the inscription : — 



> Henry Hatcher, born at Kemble, May 14th, 1777. Secretary to Rev. W. 

 Cose, 1795. Postmaster of Salisbury, 1817 — 1822 ; afterwards kept a private 

 school in Endless Street. A great linguist and antiquary. The historian of 

 "Old and New Sarum." Died, December 14th, 1846. A monument to him in 

 the south transept of the Cathedral. John Britton wrote " Memoirs of Henry 

 Matcher," 1847. His onlj- son, William Henry Hatcher, was a civil engineer, 

 chemist, &c. He contributed " Ohnervations on the Geology of Salisbury and 

 the Vicinity " to his father's History of Old and New Sarum. 



