Monteith

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A monteith is a silver punch-bowl with a scalloped rim. This example was made by Edinburgh silversmith James Cockburn, in 1702-3.

The monteith has handles formed from lions' heads with rings in their mouths. The engraving on the side of the monteith is the arms and crest of Johnstone of Westerhall together with the ducal coronet of Ernest, Duke of Cumberland.

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• Online ID: 000-100-000-984-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 841
• Date: 1702 - 1703
  1702-3
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: IC [conjoined in a shield]; castle [Edinburgh]; r; P; on sides: winged spur crest / NUNQUAM NON PARATUS; ED [script] surmounted by a ducal coronet
  
• Dimensions: 206 mm H; rim 315 mm D; base 197 mm D
  
• What:
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Ernest, Duke of Cumberland (Owner)
  James Cockburn, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  James Penman, assay master
  Johnstone of Westerhall (Owner)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver monteith by James Cockburn, Edinburgh, 1702 - 1703, engraved with the arms and crest of Johnstone of Westerhall and with a coronet and initials for Ernest, Duke of Cumberland
  
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