The artefact is being expertly restored ahead of the exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries in November
A silver casket believed to have been owned by Mary, Queen of Scots is set to go on display in Kirkcudbright later this year.
It will go on display from November to April at Kirkcudbright Galleries – just a few miles from Dundrennan Abbey, where Mary, Queen of Scots spent her last hours on Scottish soil in 1568. The casket appears in records following Mary’s arrest by the rebellious Confederate Lords in 1567. The Scottish Privy Council struck off the lock to reveal its contents.
Mary remained in English captivity for 19 years, being executed in 1587 for her involvement in the Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I, and place Mary on the English throne.
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