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The Porters' Stone
Unknown, 1850, Reproduction
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The Porters' Stone
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38085
Title
The Porters' Stone
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1850
Size
11.8 x 21.0 cm
Type
Reproduction
This deeply incised stone was set in the wall of Tolbooth Wynd above the entrance to Old Sugarhouse Close. Dated 1678 it depicts the work of wine porters unshipping a cargo and transferring hogsheads to the Vaults.
Details include the seaman furling sail, the stingmen bearing a hogshead on a sting (or pole), a primitive crane operated by a man in a treadmill, and a building which is presumably the Vaults.
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Leith Miscellany Vol IX
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