By the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 



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pronounced by Mr. Nightingale to be of foreign — probably Augsburg 

 — make, having a deep bell-shaped bowl with engraved ornament 

 upon it, the base being covered with rich chased work of figures 

 and foliage. There are not many pieces of this date in North 

 Wilts ; indeed, the Elizabethan chalices are far commoner than those 

 of the first half of the seventeenth century. 



Towards the middle of the century another type came into 

 fashion (No. 6), with short straight-sided sloping bowl, baluster 

 stem, and spreading plain foot, without any ornament at all. Of 

 these there are examples at Cherhill, Hardenhuish, Poulshot, and 

 St. Mary's, Marlborough. 



A little later the prevailing type was the plainest and rudest of 

 all — a simple deep large straight-sided bowl, with a circular stem of 

 considerable size spreading out into a wide foot without moulding 

 or ornament (No. 7). These cups are generally considerably larger 

 than any of the earlier ones, and they continue to increase in size 

 on to the middle of the eighteenth century. Inscriptions, too, with 

 the coat of arms of the donor surrounded by elaborate mantling now 

 appear on the bowl, and commonly also in the centre of the paten, or 

 on its foot, — this custom continuing on to the beginning of the 

 present century. 



There are, however, several cups of this century which do not 

 conform to either of the ordinary patterns. Of these a very hand- 

 some cup with paten cover of 1631 belongs to Wootton Bassett. 

 It has the arms of the donor on the bowl. The stem has no knot, 

 but a sort of scallopped frill under the bowl instead, and the base is 

 rich in egg-and-dart and other ornaments. 



Minety has a cup inscribed 1663 of provincial and somewhat rude 

 manufacture, which has the short bowl and base of the baluster- 

 stemmed type ; but in this case the stem is straight with a very 

 slight knot in the middle and a projecting flange at the junction 

 with the foot. The marks on this piece are four in number, ap- 

 parently consisting of two heads ?, a lion, and a heart-shaped shield 

 with three fleur-de-lys. They seem to be the same as those on 

 another curious cup belonging to Purton, inscribed 1666 on the bowl. 

 It has a good base and stem of the fashion of the early years of the 



