Christ Church's Historic Collections August 1, 2009

Christ Church's rich heritage is well documented by an extensive collection of artifacts as well as archival and library materials. The historic artifact collections contain silver, liturgical furniture, paintings, prints and memorial art as well as architectural elements. They date from the earliest days of the Church to the present and they include some of the most important pieces of Philadelphia silver including communion silver presented to Christ Church by Queen Anne, c. 1710, an early baptismal bowl made by Philip Syng, Sr., c. 1715 and another flagon made by Syng, similar in style to the Queen Ann piece.