60 GUERNSEY DOMESTIC PLATE. 



standing silver-gilt salt-cellars which, in medieval times, served 

 to mark the social distinctions at a table where all ranks sat 

 down together, and where " above the salt " and " below the 

 salt " were no mere figures of speech. 



Marie Manger, wife of Edward Sutton, in 1693, also 

 bequeathed a "silver salt-cellar" to her nephew Edouard 

 Mauger. 



Some of the bequests are difficult to identify. 



On January 23rd, 1664 (O.S.) Thomas Lihou of St. 

 Andrew leaves to his brother his "cordon d'argent," or silver 

 cord. Both Marie Mauger and the Reverend Peter Carey, 

 Rector of St. Saviour, leaves silver " ecuelles " or porringers 

 to various relatives, and the latter, whose Will is dated March 

 23rd, 1677/8, not only left his wife, Elizabeth de Sausmarez, a 

 silver fork and spoon, but " une grande Equierre d'argent." 

 Probably an Aiguiere or Ewer* 



In the 17th century in Guernsey all domestic utensils 

 which were not made of silver were made of " Etain " or 

 pewter. 



It was not until the reign of Queen Anne that tea as a 

 beverage was introduced into the island, and then only as a 

 luxury for the rich. Mr. Stevens Guille, Seigneur of St. 

 George, still possesses a small oriental china cup under which 

 is pasted this inscription: "Premier Tasse a The apportee 

 dans l'lsle de Guernesey par Monsieur .lean Andros, l'annee 

 1715." That these tea cups gradually superseded the old wine 

 and beer cups may be inferred, and among the Guille manu- 

 scripts is a note of what this very Jean Andros, then Seigneur 

 of Sausmarez in St. Martin, gave his daughter Elizabeth on 

 her marriage, on December 31st, 1732, to Mr. John Guille, 

 Seigneur of St. George. 



Among a long list of furniture, linen and household 

 utensils we read : — 



" Une Table a The ; Item, une set de Cheaney ( Note Casse) ; 

 Item, un Pot de The, d'argent et le Sarver {sic) ; 

 14 cueillers de The ; 



2 paires de pincettes (sugar-tongs), 2 strainers, et un pot de lait 

 tout d'argent " ; also 

 "12 cueillers, six fourchettes, 2 saillieres, 1 poivrier, 1 ecuelle, 

 et 1 Tankard, le tout d'argent." 



It is difficult to trace the local silversmiths who worked 

 in the Island, but we know of at least two Guernsey families 

 who sent their sons to London, there to establish themselves 



* See Church Plate of Jersey, 42nd Bulletin of Societe Jersiaise, p. 307. 



