Our Living Heritage, Not Frozen Assets

Author: 
Kirkpatrick and Rachel Dobie

This article reports on a scheme to record the church plate held in Church of Scotland parishes following a resolution by the General Assembly of 2001. Kirkpatrick Dobie is Consultant on Sacramental Vessels to the Committee on Church Art and Architecture (CARTA) and the Revd Rachel Dobie, who helps administer the project, is a former President of the Church Service Society. The project had the support of the Scottish Goldsmiths’ Trust and the National Museum of Scotland. Mr Dobie, being himself an expert in Scottish silver, gives a detailed account of the various styles discovered, and there are several illustrations.

Reference: 
Volume 48 2013, p26

Kirkpatrick Dobie is a retired grain merchant, elder in the Church of Scotland, who has an acknowledged interest and expertise in antique silver, particularly Scottish provincial silver. He is Consultant on Sacramental Vessels to the Committee on Church Art and Architecture (CARTA).  Rachel Dobie, who was President of the Society from 2010 to 2012, is a retired minister helping to administer the project.