Cup, owned by Baillies of Mellerstain

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This two-handled silver cup was made in Edinburgh in 1709-10 by John Seatoun for the family of Baillie of Mellerstain. The Baillies were a middle-ranking aristocratic family from Berwickshire.

The front of the cup is engraved with the Baillie coat of arms, crest and motto. The domed lid with acorn finial is similarly engraved.

Grisell Hume married George Baillie, a member of Parliament, and they travelled widely across the country. Lady Grisell's household books show that the family was regularly commissioning individual goldsmiths to make and engrave objects.

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• Online ID: 000-100-045-992-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1991.20.2
• Date: 1709 - 1710
  1709 - 1710
  1709-10
  
• Material: Silver; engraved. Inscription: [Coat of arms, crest and motto of George Baillie of Jerviswood]
  Silver; engraved. Inscription: [Crest and motto of George Baillie of Jerviswood]
  Cover, cup
  Cup
  
• Dimensions: Cup and lid 269 mm H
  Cup and lid 269 mm H
  
• What: Cover, cup
  Cup
  
• Subject:
• Who: George Baillie of Jerviswood
  George Baillie of Jerviswood
  James Sympsome, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  James Sympsome, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver cup with stepped foot, flared lip and scroll handles, engraved with coat of arms, crest and motto of George Baillie of Jerviswood, made by James Sympsome, Edinburgh, 1709 - 1710
  Domed, silver lid for cup, with acorn finial and engraved with crest and motto of George Baillie of Jerviswood, made by James Sympsome, Edinburgh, 1709 - 1710
  
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