[TheForge] silver question 2

[CGRAF]

With a pewter liner it was probably not a chalice.
For the most part from the late middle ages at , canon law prescribed at 
least a liner of gold on chalices and ciboriums.

  I am certain there were some that did not fit the rule.

  Chalice does , in a broader context, refer to any stemmed goblet, so 
perhaps that is the context he is using.

Mike Graf


On 7/1/2014 7:10 AM, C&J Allcorn wrote:
> Thanks, I'll pass this along.
>
> In response to Mike's question, all I know is what he told me.  he said
> it was a family piece and had a pewter liner which he wanted removed and
> discarded.  He called it a chalice (maybe it was dropped or damaged in
> some way??? Perhaps the fact that it has a pewter liner affects it??
> This fellow has been a priest for 26 years and has been on the staff of
> two seminaries.  I'm not Catholic so I can't comment on the use or reuse
> of an object.  I just got the sense that it was unusable in its current
> state or condition.  He said if additional metal needed to be added that
> was ok with him, just that he wanted the original metal included.
> Obviously it has some personal meaning to him.  What that is, I have no
> idea.
> James
>
> Carl Close,  Hammersmith Studios, LLC in Concord MA would be the place to
> start.  If this is not a project that Carl would handle, I am sure that he
> could refer the priest to someone local that could handle it.
>
> D-ski
>
> .
>
> I concur with finding a real silversmith.
> Question:
> I also am RC. Something about the question jumped out at me.
> Are you sure it is a family chalice being made into a cup and not a
> family cup being made into a chalice?
> Generally speaking no liturgical furniture would be reused in the
> fashion you describe.
>
> Mike Graf
>