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Leith Dockers Banner
1858,
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Leith Dockers Banner
Leith Dockers Banner
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50866
Title
Leith Dockers Banner
Description
One turquoise blue silk banner for the Leith Dockers, with identical painted decoration on both sides. The fringe is gold silk on three sides. The pole sleeve is turquoise silk lined with linen. The title scroll cartouche scroll is comprised of two scrolls woven together and reads, 'SUCCESS TO THE PORT OF LEITH. SIGILLUM OPPIDI DE LEITH (black on gold text). The banner features in its centre the Coat of Arms of Leith with Mary and baby Jesus in a ship, framed in gold, with '18 PERSEVERE 58' at bottom. There are motto scrolls on left and right which read, 'LIVE AND LET LIVE (black on gold text), there is a ship on the left, and a house with '1490 XXXX' on the right. At the bottom there is a cornucopia with wheat sheaves and anchor crossed at bottom.
Date
1858
Size
182 x 245 cm
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH3368/69
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The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries ; The People's Story
The Dockers of Leith may have been amalgamated into the National Union of Dock Labourers(1889-1921) or the Scottish Union of Dock Labourers and Transport workers, both of which amalgamated into the T&G which was formed in 1922.
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