VESSELS OF HISTORY—CHALICES AS SACRED OBJECTS AND STORY-MAKERS
By Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton and Richard Keyes McDonnell On 2 July 2021 a silver-gilt chalice was auctioned by Duke’s Auctioneers of Dorchester. The catalogue described the chalice as ‘an exceptionally rare Irish silver-gilt chalice, circa 1480’. Since its purchase, the chalice has featured in news articles and on television, particularly in the Catholic media in the … Read more