A SILVER PLATED COMMUNION SERVICE

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A SILVER PLATED COMMUNION SERVICE
REED & BARTON, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1860-1880

Comprising a flagon and three chalices:the flagon tapering cylindrical, the stepped hinged lid with a molded finial and shaped spout, on a circular foot, marked on base, Laughlin, vol II p. 110; the chalices each tapering cylindrical, above a ring stem, on a circular molded foot, marked on base, Laughlin, vol II p.110 (acc. number 41.391.1, .2, .3, .4)
14½in. high the flagon, 7 1/16in. high the chalices
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Lot Essay

This company was the final product of many preceding companies in Taunton, Massachusetts: Babbitt and Crossman; Babbitt, Crossman and Company; Crossman, West and Leonard; and finally in 1840, the partners, Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton, established their company as it is presently known.