Baptismal laver

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A laver is a large basin used for washing. This silver baptismal laver from Greyfriars Church was remade in 1707-8 by Walter Scott, a silversmith in Edinburgh. The original laver was possibly made by Edinburgh silversmith Andrew Burrell in 1649.

The straight-sided silver laver has a trumpet and cushion foot and a hinged lid.

Acts of Parliament of 1617 ruled that each church must acquire communion silver.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-901-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1950.24
• Date: 1707 - 1708
  1707-8
  
• Material: Silver
  Laver, communion
  
• Dimensions: 270 mm H x 215 mm W Base 100 mm Dia
  
• What: Laver, communion
  
• Subject:
• Who: Walter Scott (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirk
  
• Event:
• Description: Straight-sided silver communion laver with a hinged lid from Greyfriars Kirk, by Walter Scott, Edinburgh, 1707 - 1708
  
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