Plate, 1699 [Si145]
London, 1699, maker’s mark: MA (William Matthew I)
Silver, D. 26.4 cm, 370 g
Inscribed: St. Michael / 1732
Part of the old communion plate of St Michael-in-the-Soke (with Si146 and Si147). This item probably served as an alms dish.
Literature: Philip Braithwaite, The Church Plate of Hampshire (London, 1909), p. 354.
Provenance: Acquired as part of the contents of St Michael’s Church, 1972
Location: Treasury, Gallery 1