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Communion flagons

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From Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh

Postcard of Communion flagons.
000-100-102-953-C
© National Museums Scotland

Communion flagons

This pair of silver communion flagons is from Trinity College Kirk in Edinburgh. The flagons were made in London in 1632.

Around the foot of each tall plain flagon is an inscription reading: 'Gifted to the North East Parish of Edenburgh by the charitie of some honest indwellers of the same, anno 1633.'

Trinity College Kirk stood on the site of Waverley Station. It was founded in 1460 by Mary of Gueldres, in memory of her husband James II, and completed in 1531. The church became Protestant at the Reformation in 1560.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-953-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1987.4
Date: 1632
1632
Material: Silver
Silver
Dimensions: 410 mm H x 280 mm W Base: 205 mm Dia
410 mm H x 280 mm W x Base: 205 mm Dia
What: Flagon, communion
Flagon, communion
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Who:
Where: England, London
England, London
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Trinity College
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Trinity College
Event:
Description: Tall plain communion flagon, engraved 'Gifted to the North East Parish of Edinburgh....1633', London, 1632
Tall plain communion flagon, engraved 'Gifted to the North East Parish of Edinburgh ...1633', London, 1632
References:
  • Burns, T. 'Old Scottish Communion Plate'. Edinburgh: R&R Clark, 1892 p 223-4 
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