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Catalog Number |
1975.556.01 |
Object Name |
Pitcher |
Date |
1873 |
Features |
Silver communion pitcher, very tall and narrow. Deep pedestal base, smooth walls, three ridges around circumference before lid. Lid is round, hinged with raised circular top with attached finial with disc with many vertical ridges and a cone-shaped finial. Bottom of spout has three triangular curved pieces near bottom; two bands with three straight sides above; a tall column with three textured sections; a seven-curved scallop shape above with large textured section above. Top of spout has raised flower with five curves. Handle has crest-shaped connection at bottom, small loop at bottom of handle with three-petaled leaf at front; geometric shape above with oval in center; attached stem with leaf shape with seven pieces, central piece curves and protrudes from handle; textured portion above; top connection is leaf-shaped at front. Bottom is stamped: "Meriden Silver Plate Co. Quadruple Plate. 2002" with logo of a lion. |
Object Story |
John Gibbard, a staunch member of the Methodist Church since his conversion in 1837, had assisted with building the Old White Church, the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Napanee. In 1873, he also assisted with its successor, the Western Methodist Church (now Grace United Church), a brick church with flying buttresses capped with limestone. This Communion Service was presented to the Western Methodist Church by John Gibbard in 1873. |
People |
Gibbard, John |
Subjects |
Communion Service Communion Pitcher Communion Chalice Western Methodist Church Grace United Church Gibbard Furniture Company Silverware |
Search Terms |
Wesleyan Methodist Church Grace United Church Napanee Gibbard Furniture Gibbard |