Lot 119
119
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more The Property of St. Mungo's Parish Church, Penicuik
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER COMMUNION CUPS

MARK OF JOHN ROLLO, EDINBURGH, 1733, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF ARCHIBALD URE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER COMMUNION CUPS
MARK OF JOHN ROLLO, EDINBURGH, 1733, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF ARCHIBALD URE
each circular section bowl with a slightly flaring rim, raised on a slightly domed pedestal foot with central compressed ball knop, each engraved GIFTED TO THE KIRK OF PENNYCUIK BY D.I.I. ANNO 1732 - 21.8cm (8½in), 24oz
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Lot Essay

These communion cups, and the following lot, predate the existing St. Mungo's building which was built in 1771. They were formerly used in administering the sacraments in Penicuik's older St. Kentigern's Parish Church, Midlothian.

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