Tray

Description

Silver tray, octagonal with four feet, inscribed 'The King's Prize to the Royal Company of Scottish Archers', won by Thomas Charles Hope on 21 July 1800, made by McHattie and Fenwick, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1800 - 1801

Museum reference

H.1992.102

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Tray

Production information

McHattie & Fenwick, 1799 - 1807 (fl.), Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1800 - 1801

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Previous owner: Thomas Charles Hope
Royal Company of Scottish Archers

References

The Playfair Collections and the Teaching of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh / R.G.W. Anderson - Edinburgh, 1978, pp. 35 - 45

The History of the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Body-guard for Scotland / James Balfour Paul - Blackwood, Edin., 1875