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They were the gift of Mary Thorrowgood, widow of Robert Rockwood, former Envoy Extraordinary from the Elector Palatine to the United Provinces of the Netherlands. They are engraved with the couple’s coat of arms and an inscription under one flagon records Mary’s contribution in 1681 of 200 guilders towards their cost.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, raised and engraved","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AW0145","2006AW0141"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"83","id":"THES49711"},"free":"","case":"CA2A","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"83","id":"THES49711"},"free":"","case":"CA2A","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Flagon","id":""}],[{"text":"Stand","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"The Hague","id":"x29217"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Netherlands","id":"x29020"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Part of a set of church plate given to the English Reformed Church in The Hague between 1673 and 1711 by different members of the congregation and made by four different local goldsmiths. After the church closed in 1822, the plate was used by the chaplain of the British Embassy in The Hague. It was transferred to the V&A in 1929.\n\nHistorical significance: A remarkable group of plate from the English Reformed Church in The Hague which was given to that church by individual members of the congregation.","historicalContext":"Gifts to the Church\r\nGifts were the most important source of English church plate in the 17th century. The donor was usually a prominent member of the community, which in country parishes often meant the local landowner. But gifts came from other sources too. Many were given by women, showing their active involvement with the church. Churchwardens also took pride in commissioning new silver and often contributed to the cost. Occasionally, gifts like Lord Hertford's chalice and flagon were made to win support for a political cause. \r\n\r\nNot all of these gifts were new. Old-fashioned domestic plate, often richly decorated with secular ornament, was welcomed and used for the service of communion or the collection of alms.\r\n\r\nChurch Plate from The Hague\r\nThis impressively austere service was given to the English Reformed Church in The Hague between 1673 and 1711 by different members of the congregation. It was made by four different local goldsmiths. The provision of stands for the vessels is most unusual. The church closed in 1822, and the plate was later used in the chapel of the British Embassy in The Hague.\r\n\r\nThe flagon, one of a pair, was given in 1682 by Mary Thorrowgood, the widow of Robert Rockwood, former Envoy Extraordinary from the Elector Palatine to the United Provinces.","briefDescription":"Silver, The Hague, mark of Henric van Heusden, 1682, (flagon) and Jean du Vignon, 1711, (stand)","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"E.A.Jones,  Old Silver Sacramental Vessels of Some English Churches in Holland, <font -u>The Burlington Magazine</font>, volume 13, April 1908"}],"production":"The flagon was made by Henric van Heusden and the stand by Jean de Vignon","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Mary Thorrowgood","id":"N4465"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Flagons and Stands\r\nThese were part of an impressively austere service given to the English Reformed Church in The Hague between 1673 and 1711 by different members of the congregation. \r\n\r\nThe flagons were intended to hold the communion wine. They were the gift of Mary Thorrowgood, widow of Robert Rockwood, former Envoy Extraordinary from the Elector Palatine to the United Provinces of the Netherlands. They are engraved with the couple’s coat of arms and an inscription under one flagon records Mary’s contribution in 1681 of 200 guilders towards their cost.\r\n\r\nThe Hague, the Netherlands, 1682;\r\nby Henric van Heusden (active 1682–1713?),\r\nthe stands 1711, by Jean du Vignon (1683–1746)\r\nSilver\r\nMuseum nos. M.4:1 to 2, 5:1 to 2-1995","date":{"text":"09/12/2004","earliest":"2004-12-09","latest":"2004-12-09"}}],"partNumbers":["M.4:2-1995","M.4:1-1995"],"accessionNumberNum":"4","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1995,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Stand","Flagon"],"assets":["2017KD6208"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-14","recordCreationDate":"2004-12-03","availableToBook":false}}