An interesting George II pewter communion cup, dated 1758 ...

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£650

An interesting George II pewter communion cup, dated 1758

Having an unusually tall cup, with a high band of paired incised lines, atop the engraved inscription ‘A Gift to the Church of Christ’s Meeting in Hog Lane, Woolwich 1758’, on a comparatively short knopped stem, and domed foot again with incised lines, apparently unmarked, height 21.8cm

The straight sides of the bowl have a seam 9.5cm below the lip where it joins the cup-shaped base, the capacity of the cup base is 6 fl.oz, the body above 18.5 fl.oz.

Provenance: Hog Lane Chapel, Woolwich. Former Rowland J. A. Shelly, C. Buckmaster and Kenneth Barkin Collections. Sold Bonhams, Chester, 14 May 2009

Literature: Illustrated ‘Apollo’, R. J. A. Shelly,  ‘Inscriptions on Church Pewter Plate’, November 1945, fig. V.  And, Antonio De Navarro, ‘Causeries on English Pewter’, p. 100, plate iii

See also W. T. Vincent, ‘Record of the Woolwich District’ (1890), where it is noted a small ‘meeting house’, built in Hog Lane, Woolwich, opened 10 October 1756.  The ‘meeting house’ was soon found to be of insufficient size and in 1761 a new chapel was built on a site now occupied by Enon Chapel, High Street, Woolwich