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A 20th century silver travelling communion set, by Hurst Franklin & Co, London 1956, comprising a simple circular paten with hammered finish, and the chalice raised on a hexagonal base with gadrooned borders, the column with ropetwist decorated knop and topped with the simple cup, 18.9ozt gross, presented in a two handled carrying case by Osborne & Co.(2) 20 x 12 x 12cm (8 x 5 x 5in)
Provenance: The property of the late Canon John Douglas Beckwith: Senior Tutor of Ijebu-Igbo Great School and Molusi College, Nigeria (1960-62); Assistant Curate of Bedale (1962-63); Mottingham (1965-69); House Tutor of Eltham College (1964-69); Chaplain of St Andrew’s. Gothenburg, with Halmstad and Jönköping, Sweden (1969-70); Chaplain to the Bishop of Edmonton (1970-77); London Diocesan Director of Ordinands (1970-77); Vicar of St Anne’s, Brookfield, Highgate Rise (1977-88); Canon of Gibraltar Cathedral (1984-88); Hon. Canon (1988-2005); Priest-in-Charge of Wootton (1988); Kiddington with Asterleigh (1988); Bladon with Woodstock (1988-93); Assistant Curate of Kidlington with Hampton Poyle (1993-94)

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