Beaker, Communion
- Object Name:
- Beaker, Communion
- Object ID:
- 1905.006.06
- Creator:
- Trask, Oliver (1792-1847) -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Beverly, MA
- Date:
- 1832-1839
- Description:
- Communion beaker. Made by Oliver Trask (1792-1847), Beverly, MA. Britannia. Cylindrical beaker with sides tapered from slightly flared lip to flat bottom. Vertical seam on side indicating construction from rolled sheet metal. Bottom made separately and soldered to base of sides. Applied, simply molded base band. Outer surface sides decorated with three pairs of incised lines bordering bands of roulette produced stippling. Simple incised line below lip. Impressed mark on inner bottom surface: "O.TRASK" in serrated rectangle. Part of a set.
- Material:
- Metal
Britannia - Dimensions:
- H-5.25 Dia-3.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set which was used by the Congregational Church of Thornton, New Hampshire, the beakers of which were marked "O. Trask."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Gardner Little
- People:
- Trask, Oliver (1792-1847)
- Subjects:
- Communion beaker, Communion, Religion
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