Communion Silver Added to Collection | England

The City of Birmingham, in England has purchased "a rare collection of communion silver – with some pieces dating back over 500 years."  for the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. According to Museum Publicity.com, "The collection consists of a rare pre-Reformation silver parcel-gilt paten engraved with the Manus Dei (‘Hand of God’) c.1450; a silver communion cup (1634) and a pair of silver flagons and standing paten by London silversmith Anthony Nelme. The flagons are engraved with the inscription: ‘A Gift to Castle Bromwich Chapple in the Year 1723’." (Read: more)