From Greyfriar's Church, Edinburgh
Add to albumThis silver communion basin from Greyfriars' Church was made in 1649 by Andrew Burrell, a goldsmith in Edinburgh. An Act of Parliament of 1617 decreed that churches were required to provide such basins for baptism.
The basin has a deep bowl and a wide rim inscribed with the words: 'For The Sovth Wast Qvarter Of Edinbvrgh' - the original name of Greyfriars.
Opened on Christmas Day 1620, Greyfriars' Kirk was one of the first three Scottish post-Reformation churches. The others were the Tron Kirk in Edinburgh, and Burntisland Church in Fife.
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- Online ID: 000-100-102-902-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland Q.L.1950.25
- Date: 1649
- Material: Silver
Basin, communion
- Dimensions: 75 mm H x 370 mm Dia
- What: Basin, communion
- Subject:
- Who: Andrew Burrell, Edinburgh (Maker)
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirk
- Event:
- Description: Silver communion basin with a deep bowl and wide rim from Greyfriars Kirk, by Andrew Burrell, Edinburgh, 1649
- References:
- Burns, T. 'Old Scottish Communion Plate'. Edinburgh: R&R Clark, 1892 p521
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