Communion Cup
Manufacturer
Alfred and George Welles
CultureAmerican
Date1805-10
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (14.4 x 8.3 cm)
InscribedEngraved in script: "Presented to the/Suffolk Street Chapel/by/Sarah Blake"
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Durgin
Object number71.819
Not on view
DescriptionSilver communion cup.Label TextAlfred Welles American, Boston (active 1803-30) George Welles American, Boston (1784-1823) Communion Cup, ca. 1805-10 Silver Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Durgin 71.819 Originally created for domestic use, this goblet was one of several presented to the Suffolk Street Chapel in Boston. Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesEssays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark, _Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum_ (New York: Hudson Hills Press, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum, 1989), 70-71, no. 27.
ca. 1859
