1917.] GUERNSEY CHURCH PLATE. 25 



Inscribed in Lombardic characters : — 



AGNEAU DE DIEU QUI OTES LES PECHES DU MONDE AIE 

 PITIE DE NONS. (sic.) 



All above five are inscribed underneath .—(&%X\H ^Mflfe- 



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7. Spoon 6 inches long. 



Hall and maker's marks as on 2. 

 Pierced bowl and cross for handle. 



XL— ALDERNEY. 



The plate here has had a, curious history. Originally it 

 was of the pattern alluded to in the introduction, and when 

 the new Church of St. Anne was built by the last of the here- 

 ditary Governors of the Island, he had the old plate engraved 

 to match the new plate he had presented with the Church. 

 The hall marks at once revealed this, and there is no doubt 

 that the two Cups Nos. 1 and 2 are the original ones belong- 

 ing to the old Church. The two Patens, 4 and 5, also have 

 the same shape as those found in Guernsey of the date 1700- 

 1750, and it is very likely that they were not hall marked 

 when handed over to the silversmith for alteration, and he 

 had them then stamped. There are also two interesting 

 Pewter flagons which report says, and this is confirmed by 

 the inscription, were the flagons used formerly. 



1. Chalice 6^ inches high. 



London hall mark, date not clear, but probably 1713. 



Maker's mark indistinguishable. 



Inscribed on band round bowl : "THOU LORD HAST PUT 

 GLADNESS IN MY HEART. . I.H.S." 



2. Chalice ditto. 



London hall mark of 1740. Maker's mark ^d G/* 



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Inscribed on band round bowl : " i AM THE TRUE VINE : 

 ABIDE IN ME." I.H.S. 



3. Flagon 12 inches hi^h. 



L S J 



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 London hall mark of 1849. Maker's Mark ) b ( 



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* Dinah Gamon. O.E.P., p. 472. 



