Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2008.109.026 |
Object Name |
Paten |
Title |
Paten Plate from Morrison United Church |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
pre-1899 |
Made |
Meriden Britannia Co. |
Place of Origin |
Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America |
Description |
Communion set's silver-plated bread plate (paten), with two small, impressed circular marks on the underside from the Meriden Britannia Co. It reads "QUADRUPLE PLATE", and also has the model number "1390" . |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the Meriden Britannia Company of Meriden, Connecticut. It was founded in 1852, and by 1890 it had branches in Canada. This item pre-dates 1899. It belonged to Morrison United Church, in Cedarville, Grey County. The church was built on the site of a former church in 1899-1900; it was initially a Presbyterian Church, and became a United Church in 1924-1925. It was named in honour of the Reverend John Morrison, who was a Presbyterian minister in the area in the 19th-century. The church's last minister was Marianne Leach Hoffer. It closed in 2008. |
Collection |
Religious Collection |
Material |
Silver-plated (quadruple plate) on metal |
Dimensions |
H-2.5 Dia-25.8 cm |
Found |
Cedarville, Township of Southgate, Grey County |
People |
Morrison, John (Reverend) |
Subjects |
Communion Religious articles Presbyterian churches |
Search Terms |
Morrison United Church (Cedarville) |