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Communion flagons

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From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh

Postcard of Communion flagons.
000-100-000-527-C
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Communion flagons

This pair of silver gilt communion flagons is from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh. They were made by Marshall and Sons, Edinburgh in 1877-1878.

The flagons are engraved with the inscription 'St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh 1878'. They each have six red glass stone insets in a wide band of chased decoration below the inscription, and a further six around the base.

St Mary's Cathedral is the greatest landmark of Edinburgh's West End. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1873 and 1879.


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Online ID: 000-100-000-527-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KJ 211
Date: 1877 - 1878
1877 - 1878
1878
Material: Silver gilt; red glass stones. Inscription: On band: + St. MARYS : CATHEDRAL : EDINBURGH : MDCCLXXVIII; [1877 - 78]; [Edinburgh]; MARSHALL & SONS / 87 GEORGE STREET / EDINBURGH; JNC
Silver gilt; red glass stones. Inscription: On band: + St. MARYS : CATHEDRAL : EDINBURGH : MDCCLXXVIII; [1877 - 78]; [Edinburgh]; MARSHALL & SONS / 87 GEORGE STREET / EDINBURGH; JNC
Dimensions: 368 mm H x 220 mm W x 151 mm Dia (Base)
368 mm H x 220 mm W x 151 mm Dia (Base)
What: Flagon
Flagon
Subject: Ecclesiastical, miscellaneous, vestments (NMAS Classification)
Ecclesiastical, miscellaneous, vestments (NMAS Classification)
Who: Marshall and Sons, 87 George Street, Edinburgh (Maker)
Marshall and Sons, 87 George Street, Edinburgh (Maker)
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
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Description: One of two silver gilt flagons for communion wine from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, by Marshall and Sons, Edinburgh, 1877 - 1878
One of two silver gilt flagons for communion wine from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, by Marshall and Sons, Edinburgh, 1877 - 1878
References:
  • Keay, J. & Keay J. (ed). Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: Collins, 1994 p 333 
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