Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 256
nd 3 inches high. Manyof these patens have had feet added to them, somequite recently, to meet the demand for church plate,and many dishes on feet are called patens when inreality they are domestic in origin. They have beencalled—perhaps not seriously—Cromwellian cheese-dishes, and some are… … M ><4 CQ 3 *i 2 5 253 CHURCH PEWTER 255 that these useful articles would lie flat on tableswhen in use. When placed on feet the disks ofmetal are found to be too thin to bear up eventheir own weight; and the result is the outer circum-ference is deflected till it is considerably below…
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