Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club
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Title
Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club
Description
The yard, originally ?Quality Court? on Quality Lane (pre 1777) has been home to the Club since 2007. The rebuild by Alexander Hunter Crawford in 1891, incorporating earlier 19th Century workshops and warehouses, has been internally altered to provide workshop facilities for Lapidary ? the cutting and polishing of stones (a traditional Scottish craft), silversmithing and the faceting of gemstones. It also houses a comprehensive Library and Club collections of Scottish agates and minerals with selected displays.
Source
edinburgh
Date
1891
Type
Museum
Identifier
1826
Spatial Coverage
current,55.9747,-3.168224;
Museum Item Type Metadata
Street
20 Maritime Lane
Place
Edinburgh
IsNewThisYear
No
ArchitectName
Alexander Hunter Crawford
AddressLine2
Leith
OpeningDate1
28/9/2019
OpeningDate2
29/9/2019
OpeningTime1
10:30 - 16:00
OpeningTime2
10:30 - 16:00
Activities
Guided tours, demonstrations of work, visual displays
WC
No
DisabledWC
No
DisabledAccess
No
Refreshments
No
EventsForChildren
No
Parking
No
HearingLoop
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
ID
12445
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
Postcode
EH6 6RZ
Citation
“Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1824.
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