tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post2984267311395627616..comments2024-03-25T22:53:57.841+00:00Comments on Demolition Exeter: The Imminent Sale of Exeter's Church PlateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-7624693768594485162012-08-30T15:10:52.134+01:002012-08-30T15:10:52.134+01:00For the record, it is not true that Tuckers Hall h...For the record, it is not true that Tuckers Hall has bought some of the silver. We are negotiating with the owner of one piece, a flagon, which was part of a bequest to St Johns by a Master of the Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers & Shearmen, Thomas Potter, a Fuller. If successful, we plan to display it at Tuckers Hall with information about Potter.<br /><br />Mike Walker<br />Heritage Project ManagerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177750023805452990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-13690342381495291132012-07-06T14:21:39.164+01:002012-07-06T14:21:39.164+01:00Something similar happened in Devon late last year...Something similar happened in Devon late last year. The parish church at Instow sold its John Jones communion cup to fund repairs to the church tower. The cup was purchased by Barnstaple Museum after receiving grants from the V&A and the Art Fund. <br /><br />I doubt it was a decision that was taken lightly but at Instow the medieval church has survived. At Exeter there is almost nothing left of St Paul's, St Kerrian's, St John's or St Lawrence's, etc. except for their church plate. In my opinion anyway, that increases the historical importance of the surviving pieces by some magnitude. The PoCE seems to have taken the opposite view.wolfpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806875968340034510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-69716194301614629702012-07-06T06:43:44.302+01:002012-07-06T06:43:44.302+01:00What is the matter with those who control our hist...What is the matter with those who control our historic artefacts? If they need the money or cannot keep them why not offer them to British Museum of V&A that would better than risking them going abroad . Anywhere as long as they stay in England!<br />Come to that Whats the matter with Exeter City Council that it doesn't prevent its history being lost ..but then its never cared about that - it would rather invest in glass fronted monstrosities to cater for our materialistic economy than save our heritage -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com