The Silver Casket
Resource type
ExhibitionItem Exhibition audio-visual guide
Creator (Person)
Groundwater, Anna
Date published
May 19, 2022
Abstract
The Mary, Queen of Scots Casket is one of Scotland’s most cherished treasures, thanks to its long-standing association with the controversial queen. Take a closer look at this extremely rare work of early French silver and its associations with Mary, Queen of Scots presented by Dr Anna Groundwater, Principal Curator of Renaissance and Early Modern History.
There are no other comparably fine French caskets known to exist from this period, making the Mary, Queen of Scots Casket particularly rare. It is likely that the belief in its association with Mary has kept it preserved for the past 450 years.
Publisher
National Museums Scotland
Place of publication
Edinburgh
Official URL
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Related exhibition
| Exhibition | Place | Start date | End date |
The Silver Casket | National Museum of Scotland, Hawthornden Court | 2022-08-01 | 2022-05-19 |
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Additional information
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