By the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 



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silver (the borough arms), with a border of scroll-work with oak 

 and olive leaves, and a cherub head and wings at the top. The 

 chain consists of fifteen silver-gilt links, of which the centre one has 

 the monogram T.E.R., in coloured enamels, on the front, and on 

 the hack the inscription " 1880-1, T. E. Eedman. Sam 1 - Bethell, 

 1881-2." The other links have " H. W." 1 {front), " 1882-3" 

 {back)] " H. J. H. 2 " (front), "1884-5" (back); " J. D. B. 3 " 

 (front), "1883-4" (back); "T. H. * " (front), "1885-6" (back). 



The Loving Cup. A handsome two-handled vessel of silver, 

 with cover, ornamented with good repousse work of flowers, scrolls, 

 towers, &c.j bearing the following inscription on a scutcheon on the 

 bowl : — " Presented to the Corporation of Calne by the Earl of 

 Shelburne, 5 November, 1860." It stands lljin. high to the top 

 of the cover, and bears the Newcastle mark '(three castles), with the 

 date letter, either E. or B., for 1741-2, or 1756-7. The maker's 

 mark is /. L. with a ring over. 



The Snuff-Box. This is a massive and beautiful circular box 

 of silver-gilt, elaborately engraved, bearing the inscription under- 

 neath : — " Presented by Lord Shelburne to the Corporation of Calne, 

 1851." The arms of the borough engraved on the lid were evidently 

 cut at this time. But the box itself and its ornamentation is much 

 older, as it bears the lion's head erased showing that it is of the 

 Britannia standard, and therefore between the years 1696 and 1720. 

 It measures 5J in. in diameter and 3Jin. in height. 



The Common Seal is of silver, circular, ljin. in diameter, and 

 bears an ornate shield of the borough arms : — Gules a castle between 



1 Henry Wilkins. 

 2 Herbert James Harris, of Bowden Hill House. 

 3 John Dommett Bishop, surgeon. 

 4 Thomas Harris. 



5 Henry, Earl of Shelburne, the donor both of the loving cup and of the 

 snuff-box, was M.P. for Calne from 1837 to 1856. He was styled Earl of 

 Shelburue from 1836 to 1863, when he succeeded to the title as fourth Marquess 

 of Lansdowne. (Cockayne's Complete Peerage.) Born January 5th, 1816; 

 died July 5th, 1866. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1856—58, &c. 

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