Cup

Description

Parcel-gilt cup with twelve panels of engraved decoration outside and a shield flanked by "M" and "N" inside, unmarked, mid 16th century, an heirloom of the MacLeods of Cadboll in Easter Ross

Museum reference

H.MEQ 958

Object name

Cup

Date

Mid 16th century

Materials

Silver, Parcel-gilt

Physical description

Silver, parcel-gilt

Associations

Previous owner: MacLeod of Cadboll
Maclean
Cadboll, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Y

Credit

Acquired with the aid of the Art Fund