Disruption Brooch
SilversmithMade by
M Rettie & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1824 - 1892)
Date1845
Object NameBrooch
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsJewellery
DimensionsDiam: 5.2cm,Weight: 19.91gm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1991 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 08
Object numberABDAG008768
Keywords
The Disruption is the name given to the time when the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was split in two over the question of patronage - who appointed ministers to their charges. 474 ministers, led by Dr Welsh left the Church of Scotland over this issue and formed the Free Church of Scotland. Support for the Free Church was strong in Aberdeen, where all 15 of the city's ministers and sizeable proportions of their congregations joined the new church.
The brooch was possibly made for the wives of the ministers who supported the Disruption to wear as a token of their allegiance.
More About Me
One of 500 brooches issued to commemorate the 1843 Disruption of the Church of Scotland. The brooch was possibly made for the wives of supporting ministers.
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