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The bowl of this cup is cylindrical, deep, and of great capacity;
the stem short and thick, and swelling out to rest on a flat flange
and form the foot ; the whole is large and clumsy. The paten cor-
responding with the cup, but not used as a cover, is also clumsy,
being of large size, sunk in a single depression on short thick
foot.
CoiiML'NioN Cup.
Date 1601.
In the eighteenth century the form of the cups and patens still
further degenerated. The cup at this time has a large bell-shaped
bowl ; an evenly balanced stem, generally with a circular knop in
the centre; and the foot is formed of horizontal mouldings. The
paten is large, with a broad edge and one circular depression; the
foot is quite plain, and generally large and high. Sometimes the
paten fits the cup foot upward. Frequently the knop and foot of
the cup, and the foot of the paten are ornamented with rope or
rolled moulding.
In the present century the same kind of vessels are made, and
the earlier of these are not very beautiful. But now the pre-Reformation
types are being again introduced, and some of the
Communion sets manufactured are of excellent design and work-
manship.
FLAGONS.
The earliest flagons at present existing are those made during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. These are generally of "the roundbellied
type." At Cirencester Church; St. Margaret's Church, Westminster;
St. George's Chapel, Windsor; and a few other places, are
flagons which have high feet, round bulbous bodies, straight necks,
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