Funnel
Sterling Silver, American, circa 1900
Lent by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
This silver funnel was used in the piscina located in the
liturgical south wall of the sanctuary. The piscina
is a sink set in a stone shelf and its drain leads directly to the ground.
It is here that the cups and plates used for Holy communion were purified
after their use. Practically, this lily-shaped funnel helped to facilitate
pouring into the drain. It further touches the imagination with a sense of
new life burgeoning from the stone tomb of the Easter story. This lily-shaped
funnel was given in memory of Ann Jerusha Whitelaw by her
daughter, Mary Augusta Whitelaw, on Christmas Day, 1909.
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