A LATE GEORGE III SILVER NINE PIECE COMMUNION SET BY REBECCA EMES & EDWARD BARNARD ILONDON 1813Engraved with the sacred monogram IHS across the stem of a cross with three nails inside a rayed frieze, and 'Christ Church, Birmingham. 1813', comprising:Two communion cups, 20.5cm (8in) highTwo cylindrical flagons, 32cm (12 1/2in) high Two standing patens, 20cm (8in) diameter Two plate patens, 25.5cm (10in) diameterA spoon tray, 17cm (6 3/4in) long; And a fiddle and thread pattern straining spoon by William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner, 5660g (181.95 oz)Provenance: sale Sotheby's, London 'Silver, Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu', Thursday 6th June 1996, lot 415 (lot labels).Christ Church, Birmingham, was a parish church in the Church of England on Colmore Row, Birmingham from 1805 to 1899. The church was built by public subscription. The site was donated by William Phillips Ing. The foundation stone was laid on 22nd July 1805 by George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth. The Earl of Dartmouth was representing King George III, who had intended to lay the foundation stone personally, but was prevented from doing so by illness. The King gave £1,000 (equivalent to £81,746 in 2019) towards the construction. The final cost was £26,000. It was consecrated on 6th July 1813 by James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis, the Bishop of Lichfield. It was unusual in that all of the seating on the ground floor was free and it came to be known as the 'Free Church'.