Communion flagons

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1987.4
• Date: 1632
  1632
  
• Material: Silver
  Silver
  Flagon, communion
  Flagon, communion
  
• 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
  
• Subject:
• 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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