Coffee pot and hot milk jug, made in Edinburgh

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This silver coffee pot and hot milk jug were made in 1713-4 by Edinburgh silversmith Colin MacKenzie. The pot is the earliest known Scottish example of a coffee pot.

The coffee pot has a straight tapering octagonal body while the jug has an octagonal flattened baluster-shaped body. Both the jug and pot have a hinged domed lid and are engraved with the arms of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain.

Colin MacKenzie was an important and prolific silversmith. There are about 30 known written accounts for his works still in existence including the one for this coffee pot and milk jug which was made out to Lady Grisell Baillie.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-007-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 900
• Date: 1713 - 1714
  1713 - 1714
  1713-4
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: MK [conjoined, over a star]; [Edinburgh mark]; I; body: coat of arms [of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain]
  Silver. Inscription: MK [conjoined, over a star]; [Edinburgh mark]; I; body: coat of arms [of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain]
  Coffee pot
  Jug, hot milk
  
• Dimensions: 190 mm H x 27 mm Diam (Base)
  260 mm H x 115 mm Diam (Base)
  
• What: Coffee pot
  Jug, hot milk
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain (Owner)
  Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain (Owner)
  Colin McKenzie, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  Colin McKenzie, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Silver coffee-pot with a straight, tapering octagonal body and a hinged domed lid, by Colin McKenzie, Edinburgh, 1713 - 1714, engraved with the arms of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain
  Octagonal, flattened baluster-shaped silver hot milk jug with a hinged moulded lid, by Colin McKenzie, Edinburgh, 1713 - 1714, engraved with the arms of Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain
  
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