Communion flagon

Description

Silver communion flagon, engraved with the arms of Charles, 6th Earl of Moray, and his wife Anne, daughter of the Earl of Argyll, associated with their new house at Donibristle, Fife: Scottish, Edinburgh, probably by Harry Beathune, 1724 - 1725

Museum reference

IL.2001.199.16

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Communion flagon

Production information

Beathune, Harry, 1704 - 1759 (fl.), Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1724 - 1725

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Previous owner: Stuart, Charles, 6th Earl of Moray, 1735 (d.)
Previous owner: Campbell, Anne, Lady, 1734 (d.)
Donibristle, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
art, design and fashion, art of living

Credit

On loan from a Private Collection