Silver ewer

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This silver ewer, dated 1706-7, was made by Edinburgh silversmith, Thomas Ker, for Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681-1742). The ewer forms part of a silver toilet set which includes a basin and a casket.

The ewer has a plain tapering cylindrical body, a harp-shaped handle and a stepped moulded foot. The ewer front is engraved with the monogram 'HLH' surmounted by an earl's coronet and surrounded by two branches of foliage.

The earl was MP for Linlithgow in the pre-Union parliament. He actively supported the Union and was rewarded with a place on the Scottish Privy Council and a seat in the House of Lords as one of the 16 Scottish representative peers.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-158-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1512
• Date: 1706 - 1707
  1706-7
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: { } T.K; castle; P; B; on front: HLH [monogram] surmounted by an earl's coronet surrounded by branches of foliage
  Ewer, toilet
  
• Dimensions: 214 mm H x 105 mm rim D
  
• What: Ewer, toilet
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Anthony Nelme
  Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (Owner)
  James Penman, assay master
  Thomas Ker, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver toilet ewer with a plain, tapering cylindrical body set on a stepped moulded foot, by Thomas Ker, Edinburgh, 1706 - 1707, made for Charles Hope, first Earl of Hopetoun
  
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