Chalice

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-drinking vessels-chalices

Datec. 1858

Made AtMexico, Central America, North America

MediumGold alloy

Dimensions9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (23.5 × 16.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Idalia Yorba Borchert

Object number8010

DescriptionThis is a chalice used in the family chapel of Don Bernardo Yorba. It is unclear exactly where he acquired it, but it likely came from Mexico originally. Rather than being made of pure gold it was cast from an alloy. Don Bernardo Yorba, son of Antonio Yorba, was the grantee of Santiago de Santa Ana Rancho, the only Spanish grant in what is now Orange County. Don Bernardo built the first two-story adobe house in what is now Orange County, on his Rancho Canon de Santa Ana, granted to him in 1834 by the government. The home contained 90 rooms and history records that over 1,000 mission-trained Indians were employed. He was one of the wealthiest and most distinguished men of his day.

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