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Edinburgh, 116 Rose Street

Shop (Period Unassigned), Tenement (18th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 116 Rose Street

Classification Shop (Period Unassigned), Tenement (18th Century)

Canmore ID 127505

Site Number NT27SE 2408

NGR NT 25107 73871

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/127505

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Activities

Project (1997)

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Field Visit (24 September 2002)

Metal luckenbooth hanging from a metal bracket attached to the wall of the jewellery shop

Designed by Alistir Wood Tait for his jewellery shop.

A luckenbooth is a traditional form of Scottish brooch (originally used as a love token) formed from a single heart or two hearts laid together, often surmounted by a crown. Often known as 'Queen Mary Heart' brooches after Mary Queen of Scots, as the two overlapping hearts create the initial 'M'. Particularly popular in the 18th and 19th centuries when sold from luckenbooths (locking booths) or shops built around St Giles Cathedral.

Inspected By : T. S.

Inscriptions : None

Signatures : None

Design period : 2000

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1021)

Field Visit (24 September 2002)

Two metal planters composed of baskets at the base, with four rods from the corners rising up and meeting together at the top. At this junction is a gold ball. Metal tendrils climb the rods. On these tendrils are gilded leaves.

(The planters are taken into the shop when the shop is closed).

Inspected By : T.S.

Inscriptions : None

Signatures : None

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1022)

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