from Whithorn Priory, Wigtownshire
000-100-047-887-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Chalice
This silver chalice was found in the grave of a bishop excavated at Whithorn Priory in Wigtownshire. It dates from the 13th century.
The chalice consists of an undecorated silver bowl to which is fixed a long, broken-off silver tang.
The grave also contained a silver paten, a crosier and a large multiple gem ring.
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000-100-047-887-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.1992.1838 |
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13th century
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Silver gilt bowl, plain; silver tang, broken; wood, mineralised fragments
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Dimensions: |
156 mm total H x 120 mm D
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Scotland, Wigtownshire, Whithorn (Whithorn Priory, Grave 1)
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Description: |
Chalice with plain silver gilt bowl, to the underside of which is attached a broken, silver tang for fixing in a wooden stem and base, from Roy Ritchie's excavations at Whithorn Priory, 13th century
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- Caldwell, D.H. (ed). Angels Nobles and Unicorns: Art and Patronage in Medieval Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1982
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