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Communion cup

Communion cup (© Museum of Edinburgh)

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George Robertson of Edinburgh (1617 - 1641)

Museum of Edinburgh

1629 - 1629

Consisting of a shallow bowl, baluster and knop stem on double stepped foot with egg and dart rim and triple `shamrock' rouletted inner edge. Inside of bowl engraved `FOR THE KIRK OF DUNFERLING` around a shield with `ANNO/DOM/1629`.

  • Medium: silver
  • Dimensions: 17 cm
  • Art Fund Grant: £4750 ( Total: £17,500)
  • ArtFunded in: 1997
  • Vendor: Kirk Session of Dunfermline Abbey

Provenance

Dunfermline Abbey Kirk since 1629


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