from Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh
Add to albumA laver is a large basin used for washing. This silver baptismal laver from Greyfriars Church was remade in 1707-8 by Walter Scott, a silversmith in Edinburgh. The original laver was possibly made by Edinburgh silversmith Andrew Burrell in 1649.
The straight-sided silver laver has a trumpet and cushion foot and a hinged lid.
Acts of Parliament of 1617 ruled that each church must acquire communion silver.
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- Online ID: 000-100-102-901-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland Q.L.1950.24
- Date: 1707 - 1708
1707-8
- Material: Silver
Laver, communion
- Dimensions: 270 mm H x 215 mm W Base 100 mm Dia
- What: Laver, communion
- Subject:
- Who: Walter Scott (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirk
- Event:
- Description: Straight-sided silver communion laver with a hinged lid from Greyfriars Kirk, by Walter Scott, Edinburgh, 1707 - 1708
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