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Actions	Craigleith Bowl Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2014.70 TitleCraigleith Bowl CreatorBrook & Son (Manufacturer)‎ DescriptionEdwardian Scottish silver two-handled rose-bowl, Brook & Son, Edinburgh 1903. The oval bowl has a chased silver body with scroll and foliate border on an oval stepped chased base. It has floral scroll handles and a double engraved cartouche, all on a wooden plinth. It weighs 90oz. The hallmark is Edinburgh 1903. Inscription “Presented to the RCS of Edinburgh by the officers of the 2nd Scottish General Hospital RAMC (TF) whose names are inscribed in the bowl in commemoration of the work of their unit in the Great War 1914-1919” Names in facsimile signatures include those of Sir Joseph Cotterill, DJ Graham, Sir George Andreas Berry, Sir James Hodson, AA Scot Skirving, Edwin Bramwell, JD Comrie, Sir David Wallace, CW Cathcart, Sir Joseph Fayrer, WJ Stuart, William Guy, John Chiene, JW Dowden, Alexis Thomson and others. In 1908, the Territorial Army was instituted and the 2nd Scottish Hospital was set up in Craigleith Poorhouse (now the Western General Hospital) as a military hospital. It was to be staffed in time of war by the doctors, surgeons and specialists in the city. After the war, the Officers’ Mess had money in hand and it was decided to use it to buy two bowls - “The Craigleith Bowls” - one of which was presented to the Royal College of Physicians by Sir Joseph Fayrer in 1922 and one to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Details of this and of the work of the hospital are given in William Guy’s “Memories and Digressions”. Production placeEDINBURGH Production date 1903 Production periodTwentieth century, early Object nameBowl, Craigleith Object categoryCollege memorabilia MaterialSilver, Wood Dimensions Height: 28.00 cm Length: 40.50 cm Width: 22.80 cm Weight: 90.00 oz

Object numberED.CS.2014.70

TitleCraigleith Bowl

CreatorBrook & Son (Manufacturer)‎

DescriptionEdwardian Scottish silver two-handled rose-bowl, Brook & Son, Edinburgh 1903. The oval bowl has a chased silver body with scroll and foliate border on an oval stepped chased base. It has floral scroll handles and a double engraved cartouche, all on a wooden plinth. It weighs 90oz. The hallmark is Edinburgh 1903. Inscription “Presented to the RCS of Edinburgh by the officers of the 2nd Scottish General Hospital RAMC (TF) whose names are inscribed in the bowl in commemoration of the work of their unit in the Great War 1914-1919” Names in facsimile signatures include those of Sir Joseph Cotterill, DJ Graham, Sir George Andreas Berry, Sir James Hodson, AA Scot Skirving, Edwin Bramwell, JD Comrie, Sir David Wallace, CW Cathcart, Sir Joseph Fayrer, WJ Stuart, William Guy, John Chiene, JW Dowden, Alexis Thomson and others. In 1908, the Territorial Army was instituted and the 2nd Scottish Hospital was set up in Craigleith Poorhouse (now the Western General Hospital) as a military hospital. It was to be staffed in time of war by the doctors, surgeons and specialists in the city. After the war, the Officers’ Mess had money in hand and it was decided to use it to buy two bowls - “The Craigleith Bowls” - one of which was presented to the Royal College of Physicians by Sir Joseph Fayrer in 1922 and one to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Details of this and of the work of the hospital are given in William Guy’s “Memories and Digressions”.

Production placeEDINBURGH

Production date 1903

Production periodTwentieth century, early

Object nameBowl, Craigleith

Object categoryCollege memorabilia

MaterialSilver, Wood

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