82 GUERNSEY CHURCH PLATE. 



There are fourteen pieces in all. 



1. Chalice 6| inches high. 



Silver, water gilt. No hall or maker's marks. 



Inscribed under base "SUM ■ ECCLiE • DIVI • SAA'PSONIS 



1-61-4." and the weight 12 ozs. 3 dwt. 



. \ This is the oldest piece of plate belonging to any church in Guern- 

 sey. It is noticed in Cripps Old English Plate, 10th edition, page 224, 

 and there about 1525 is given as the date of its manufacture and it is 

 claimed as English. It is almost identical in form with the Pre- 

 Reformation chalice at Jurby in the Isle of Man. The Jurby specimen 

 has the upper part of the base convex as against the concave base of 

 the St. Sampson's Chalice (0 E P). 



Tradition has it that it was buried in the Rectory garden after the 

 Reformation, and the year 1614 is that in which it was restored to the 

 Church. It has not been in actual use for many years, owing to the 

 prejudice of the parishioners against its previous history, and the gild- 

 ing' having been worn off in places, it was reported to be poisonous to 

 drink from. 



2. CUP 8J inches high. 



No date mark, but maker's marks 



Inscribed round rim of bowl n &our l ; Sglise, §2)e Saint 

 Sanson %% May /?74. " 



.*. Of Elizabethan type, with baluster stem (see Introduction). 

 The following five pieces are inscribed underneath 

 u £&ppartient a la PParoisse de St. Sampson. 



&LJI* tflecteur. f. SBaine } £™ 0gisr ; £urateurs ; 



* RM =z Rene Martineau. 



3. Ewer 5 inches high. 



London hall mark of 1800. Maker's mark [ SE | 

 .'. Apparently originally a domestic cream jug. 



4-7. Four Dishes. 



.•. Two round and two oval, one on four feet, of Sheffield plate with 

 beaded edges in an excellent state of preservation. 



The rest of the pieces, seven in number, were the gift of 

 Eleazar Le Marchant, of Les Grandes Maisons. 



8. Flagon ... 11^ inches high. 



9-10. Two Dishes with feet 8 inches diameter. 



11. Oval Dish 13 x 10 inches diameter. 



These four have London hail mark of 1816. Maker's 

 mark ) wb ( 



