Banner, Leith Shipwrights

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

51003

Title

Banner, Leith Shipwrights with coat of arms of Leith and the Eye of Providence

Description

One cream silk banner for the Leith Shipwrights. The banner has painted decoration on both sides. The fringe is blue silk on three of the sides. The banner features the coat of arms of Leith, with the date of 1563 below. The Eye of Providence is on the top half of the banner and has been stitched on upside down. The banner inscription reads, 'MAY THE SONS OF THE TRADE IMITATE THE FATHERS OF ALL SHIPWRIGHTS AND BE EVER TRIUMPHANT'.

Date

1832

Size

102 x 165 cm

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH3365/69

Copyright

The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries ; The People's Story

The banner was carried in the Leith Reform Jubilee, no. 6 , and held on 10 August 1832. This was reported in The Scotsman on 11 August 1832.

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