Communion plate (front)

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This is the front of a pewter communion plate from the Free Church of Scotland in Garvald in East Lothian. Dated 1843, the plate was made by D Cormack of Edinburgh.

The front is plain apart from lettering around the flat rim which reads, 'FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, GARVALD 1843'.

Communion was one of the two fundamental sacraments in the reformed churches. It required cups for the wine and plates for the bread, and every church in Scotland was supposed to equip itself with suitable vessels.

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• Online ID: 000-100-000-568-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KJ 243
• Date: 1843
  
• Material: Pewter. Inscription: Around rim: FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, GARVALD 1843 / marks on base: RW [in shield] [3 fleur de lys in shield] EDIN [in shield] RW X Thistle [in waisted punch] / stamped: D. CORMACK EDINBRO
  Plate, communion
  
• Dimensions: 340 mm Diam
  
• What: Plate, communion
  
• Subject: Ecclesiastical, miscellaneous, vestments (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: D. Cormack; Edinburgh
  Free Church of Scotland, Garvald
  Robert Whyte, Edinburgh (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Garvald
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Pewter communion plate , with FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, GARVALD 1843 engraved in cross-hatch lettering round the flat rim, by D. Cormack of Edinburgh
  
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