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During a  Christian communion service, bread and wine are consecrated to signify the  body and blood of Christ.\r\n\r\n\tDesign & Designing\r\n\tThe Gothic Revival was one of the most important of the many historicist  styles popular in the 19th century. At the time that this paten was made, the  Revival had not reached its peak, but there was a growing interest in medieval  forms  and ornament.  Gothic was seen as particularly suitable for church  furnishings.\r\n\r\n\tPeople\r\n\tThe paten forms part of a service of plate presented to the church at  Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, in 1831 by the vicar, the Reverend Lord Augustus  Fitz-Clarence (1805-54). Lord Augustus, the illegitimate fifth son of William,  Duke of Clarence (who reigned as William IV, 1830-1837), by Mrs Dora  Jordan, a well-known actress, was appointed to the living under the  patronage of the Crown in 1829.\r\n\r\n\tEdward Barnard & Sons, who made the set of church silver that includes this  paten, were the successors to a major silversmithing firm established in London around 1689 by Anthony Nelme (active 1672-1722).","physicalDescription":"One of a pair of standing patens in the Gothic style marked in London for Edward, John and William Barnard in 1831/2. Engraved with the Sacred Monogram and the Royal Coat of Arms. 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This magnificent set forms part of the altar plate made for Mapledurham Church, Berkshire and presented by the Rev. August Fitz-Clarence, illegitimate son of William IV., hence the differenced version of the Royal Arms. It is highly fashionable, decorated in an elegant Gothic Revival style with applied architectural arcading. The Gothic Revival was one of the most important of the many historicist styles popular in the 19th century. At the time that this set was made, the Revival had not reached its peak but there was a growing interest in medieval forms of ornament. Gothic was seen as particularly suitable for church furnishings and the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 created great new opportunities to commission new plate. Gothic was not only an ecclesiastical style. William Beckford had created magnificent Gothic interiors at Fonthill Abbey and under the influence of designers like L.N.Cottingham and later A.W.N.Pugin it became ubiquitous. Edward Barnard and Sons, major manufacturing silversmiths were successors to Anthony Nelme, 1689, and passed out of family ownership in the 20th century. ","date":{"text":"01/06/2016","earliest":"2016-06-01","latest":"2016-06-01"}}],"partNumbers":["LOAN:MAPLEDURHAM CH.4"],"accessionNumberNum":"4","accessionNumberPrefix":"LOAN:MAPLEDURHAM CH","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-22","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":false}}