Skip to content
Title:
Urn containing 'the ashes of St Andrews Day'
Object name(s):
Miscellaneous material
Brief description:
The ashes of the St Andrews Day holiday - thought to have been created by students in protest at the loss of the holiday. Egg-shaped urn, on three scrolled legs, with three crests of University of St Andrews on top.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Inscription content:
ST. ANDREWS DAY 113
Material:
electroplate. Ashes inside urn.
Object name:
Miscellaneous material
Object number:
HC980
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1930
Date - latest:
1970
Responsible department/section:
HC:C0, Heritage Collection

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/12028f76-5392-3592-8d87-eac9e7c35cb8

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/12028f76-5392-3592-8d87-eac9e7c35cb8, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

Is there a problem with this record? Give feedback.

Sign up to our newsletter

Follow the latest MDS developments every two months with our newsletter.

Unsubscribe any time. See our privacy notice.

Back to top