Communion Dish

Samuel Minott

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silver communion dish with a wide rim, engraved with a dedication that reads "The Gift of Thomas Hancock Esq. to the Church". The rim features ornate engravings on both sides of the text. The dish's center is plain and slightly indented. The engraved text on the rim includes the donor's name, Thomas Hancock Esq., and the recipient, the Church. The engravings on the rim are symmetrical and consist of floral patterns.