Communion cup

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This pewter communion cup comes from Lintoun, now West Linton, in Peeblesshire. It dates from 1761.

The cup has a wide deep bowl with everted rim, and is inscribed 'BELONGING TO THE ASSOCIATE CONGREATION[?] AT LINTOUN 1761'.

The Associate Congregation was one of the groups that broke from the established Church of Scotland at the original secession in 1733.

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• Online ID: 000-100-000-520-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KJ 203
• Date: 1761
  
• Material: Pewter. Inscription: BELONGING TO THE ASSOCIATE CONGREATION AT LINTOUN 1761
  Cup, communion
  
• Dimensions: 210 mm H x 150 mm Dia (rim); 110 mm Dia (base)
  
• What: Cup, communion
  
• Subject: Ecclesiastical, miscellaneous, vestments (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Associate Congregation at Lintoun
  
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• Description: Pewter communion cup with a wide deep bowl with everted rim, inscribed BELONGING TO THE ASSOCIATE CONGREATION[?] AT LINTOUN 1761
  
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