Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 241
est VerePotus. The donor wasMrs. Talbot, the widow ofRev. John Talbot, who presented them in 1728.The practice of engraving sacramental plateand decorating church ornaments and vestmentswith the sacred trigram was common in themediaeval church in England. It was abandonedat the Reformation but… … 127. London, 1722-23.H. 4j in. Chalices 211 Virginia. It has the London date-letter for1731-32 and the maker was probably ThomasTearle. This was a legacy In 1727 from Colonel Francis LIghtfoot . _ ^ ,„ ^ „ of Sandy Point,In Charles CityCounty, Virginia. The Colonial sil-versmiths very sel-dom…
Silverwork -- United States
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