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 Devon Notes and Queries. 203 the other 1712-13. They are 10 inches in diameter, plain, with a raised boss in centre, on which is a mantle and inscription : — No. I. Thb Gift of John Vowler, Esq., TO THE Society at James's Meeting, EXON, March 25, 1746. No. 2 is pictured herewith. John Vowler's signature was one of the many attached to the broad sheet dated " at the Guild Hall, of the City of Exon, the First Day of October, 1745," when the inhabitants formed themselves into an Association in support of George II., as against " the young Pretender." These vessels were formerly kept in a curiously wrought iron chest, now in the vestry at George's Meeting. The lock occupies all the inner side of the cover, and is a surprising specimen of the locksmith's art. Geo. Eyre Evans.