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of Robert Garrard, lion passant, uncrowned leopard, year mark for 1848, and the sovereign's head. The following inscription underneath the chalice is also found on the paten and dish

"Posuit donum ad altare Domini

Fulk Greville Howard, 1846."

It will be noticed that for some reason the date of the inscription is two years earlier than the year mark on the plate.

Paten.-63 ins. in diameter.

Dish.-9 ins. in diameter.

These three pieces of plate are also stamped underneath Garrards, Panton Street, London.

Flagon.-Surmounted by a cross. Height, 13 ins., has the same marks as the three pieces above mentioned, except that the year mark is 1852, and that there is an additional mark, the figures 18 in a square. Inscription"Posuit donum ad altare Maria Fulk Greville Howard conjux viduata Die Nat. Dom. Nos, 1852."

CONGHAM.

Chalice. A most interesting cup, of good design, stamped with the Lynn mark, and bearing an inscription which has a date thirty years earlier than any Lynn plate hitherto known. This cup is 6 ins. high and 3 ins. in diameter. It has only the one mark, the three congers in a shield on the rim. The inscription is interesting

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The Communion + Cupe of + Konggam, 1597.” Paten. 7ins. in diameter, with the marks. J S over AS (for Joseph and Albert Savory), the uncrowned leopard, the year mark for 1844, and the sovereign's head. Inscribed Hæc argentea scutella a Josepho Wright, A.M., data Rectore Ecclesiæ Parochialis St. Andreæ apud Congham in comitatu Norfoltiæ, A.D. 1848."

Paten.-On a foot. Diameter, 9 ins., having the arms of the Spelman family, and the following marks:(1) WG in an oval with a dot over each letter and under the centre, probably the mark of William Gamble (see Cripps, p. 464) (2) crowned leopard, (3) lion passant, and (4) the year mark for 1694.

Flagon.-Small, 9 ins. in height, marked as follows:Ja in Old English lettering, the mark of John Jackson, the Britannia mark, lion's head erased, and the year mark for 1700. Inscribed-" Ex dono Caroli Spelman armigeri in usum Ecclesiæ Parochialis St. Andreæ apud Congham in comitatu Norfoltiæ."

Flagons.-A pair, large, 12 ins. in height and 33 ins. in diameter at the mouth, having the marks, N for Fras. Nelme, the lion passant, the crowned leopard, and the year mark for 1731. Inscribed "The gift of Henry Mordaunt, Esq., to the Parish Church of Congham, 1732.”

DERSINGHAM.

Chalice. An Elizabethan cup, 64 ins. in height and 3 ins. in diameter, weighing about 10 ozs. The only mark is a letter somewhat resembling an Old English capital T without the down stroke in a circle, a mark which is also found on the Flitcham cup. The inscription is

"THE. TOVENSHYP. OF DASYNGAM +"

The cup is of good shape. Slight traces of a date are to be found scratched beneath the letters TO of the word TOVENSHYP, and look like 1 and 5, and then a figure, quite illegible, and lastly a 1.

Paten. Weighing 8 ozs., and being 6 ins. in diameter, is interesting owing to its having the same maker's mark as is found on the Lynn plate at Bawsey and Middleton, H over W; the other marks are the crowned leopard,

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